Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i3-6320

Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Core i3-6320
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6320

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    138%
  • Intel Core i3-6320
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6320
    115%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    190%
  • Intel Core i3-6320
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 90% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6320

15% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6400.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-6400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6400

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateJul 2015vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock3300 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points
  • Intel Core i3-6320
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points
  • Intel Core i3-6320
    10853 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25
  • Intel Core i3-6320 (simulated)
    162.32

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14
  • Intel Core i3-6320 (simulated)
    338.35

points - higher is better