Intel Pentium Gold G5500 vs Intel Core i5-6400

Intel Pentium Gold G5500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2018
Intel Pentium Gold G5500
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    109%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
    116%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    133%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G5500

16% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6400.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

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 Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
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
Boost 2.0
HT
vPro

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsSkylake
Release DateApr 2018vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5500Intel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
    4560 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
    10944 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500 (simulated)
    163.32
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500 (simulated)
    483.39
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14

points - higher is better