Intel Pentium G4560 vs Intel Core i5-6400

Intel Pentium G4560
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4560
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    132%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    106%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    170%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4560

6% 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 70% 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 G4560Intel Core i5-6400
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
VT-d
TXT
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateJan 2017vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i5-6400
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 610vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i5-6400
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    4200 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    10080 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    377
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560 (simulated)
    149.17
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better