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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6400 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6400 is 609 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 2% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Ryzen 7 1700 - 181 vs 178 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700 - $99.95 vs $195.0
- Up to 50% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Ryzen 7 1700 - $0.55 vs $1.1 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6400 - 16 vs 4 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
181
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.55/FPS
100%
Price, $
$99.95
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Mar 2nd, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Skylake | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 16 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Ryzen 7 1700
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
40 FPS
$20.19/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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