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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G3900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G3900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 61 days older than the cheaper Celeron G3900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 7% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Celeron G3900 - 127 vs 119 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G3900 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G3900
- Up to 60% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $39.95 vs $99.95
- Up to 57% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-6400 - $0.34 vs $0.79 per FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 51 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
43.037974683544306%
Price, $
$99.95
39%
FPS Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
119
93.7007874015748%
Value, $/FPS
$0.34/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.95
100%
Value Winner
Intel Celeron G3900 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor SR2HV LGA 1151 (CM8066201928610)
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Updated 349869 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Single-Core
581
52.29522952295229%
Multi-Core
992
32.81508435329143%
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | Intel Celeron G3900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Skylake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 510 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Celeron G3900
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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