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Is the Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.3 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz, Intel Core i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 56.78
Overall Rank:
1922nd fastest in multithreading out of 4942 CPUs
1584th fastest in single threading out of 4942 CPUs
538th fastest in out of 1401 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $90.99 USD (2025-01-21)
| Integer Math | 13,513 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,550 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 26 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,844 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,497 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 71,715 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 411 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,228 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,954 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,868 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,406 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,082 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,578 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,111 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,882 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,227 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,731 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,608 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,154 | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz | 5,167 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 188.65 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 187.04 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 146.43 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 146.06 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 121.38 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.54 | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz | 56.78 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.12 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,614 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,153 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,025 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,904 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,925 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz | 1,954 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2351743 - Jan 18 2025 | 5593 | |
| BL2350462 - Jan 18 2025 | 5436 | |
| BL2350165 - Jan 18 2025 | 5298 | |
| BL2350115 - Jan 18 2025 | 5396 | |
| BL2349498 - Jan 17 2025 | 4013 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz | 5,167 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 6,313 (+22.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,625 (+8.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 6,284 (+21.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-5675C @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,622 (+8.8%) | |
| Intel Core i3-6320 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 4,484 (-13.2%) | |
| Intel Core i3-6300 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 4,322 (-16.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,475 (+6.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,506 (+6.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6402P @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,370 (+3.9%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 5,109 (-1.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 4,934 (-4.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6400 | 4,788 (-7.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,201 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,874 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,610 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,312 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,852 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,578 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,513 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,353 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,177 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,153 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,108 | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz | 614 |
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