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In short — Core i5-11400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G840 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11400 is 3586 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Up to 66% cheaper than Core i5-11400 - $45.0 vs $133.95
- Up to 52% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-11400 - $0.29 vs $0.61 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400
- Performs up to 43% better in Rust than Pentium G840 - 219 vs 153 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G840 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Intel Pentium G840 Dual Core 2.8 GHz Intel HD Graphics Retail 2.8 2 LGA 1155 Processor - BX80623G840
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Core i5-11400
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
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219
100%
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$0.61/FPS
47%
Price, $
$133.95
33%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400 Desktop Processor 2.6 GHz Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Core i5-11400
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400 |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
28.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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