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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 1602 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 2% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Athlon 3000G - 127 vs 125 FPS
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 36% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $63.83 vs $99.95
- Up to 35% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-6400 - $0.51 vs $0.79 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 35 vs 65 Watts
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
127
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.79/FPS
64.55696202531645%
Price, $
$99.95
63%
FPS Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
FPS
125
98.4251968503937%
Value, $/FPS
$0.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$63.83
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 3000G 2-Core, 4-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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Updated 349625 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Single-Core
957
86.13861386138613%
Multi-Core
1975
65.33245120740986%
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Skylake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Athlon 3000G
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
15 FPS
$53.83/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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