Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Pentium G4400

Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Pentium G4400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Pentium G4400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    167%
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    235%
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 135% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 67% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4400

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6400.

Intel Core i5-6400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

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 Pentium G4400
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

Architecture

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Pentium G4400
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateJul 2015vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Pentium G4400
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 510

Cache

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Pentium G4400
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 Pentium G4400
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-6400Intel Pentium G4400
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3300 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 Pentium G4400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    7590 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25
  • Intel Pentium G4400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    273

points - higher is better