Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i3-6300

Intel Core i5-7400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7400
Intel Core i3-6300
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    130%
  • Intel Core i3-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6300
    106%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    166%
  • Intel Core i3-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7400

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 66% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6300

6% higher single threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-7400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7400

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
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 i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
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 i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7400Intel Core i3-6300
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    3960 points
  • Intel Core i3-6300
    4370 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    15840 points
  • Intel Core i3-6300
    10575 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    549
  • Intel Core i3-6300 (simulated)
    329.68

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    148
  • Intel Core i3-6300 (simulated)
    158.16

points - higher is better