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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8400 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8400 is 1130 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 2% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-5930K - 186 vs 182 FPS
- Up to 75% cheaper than Core i7-5930K - $140.0 vs $549.95
- Up to 75% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-5930K - $0.75 vs $3.02 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-5930K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5930K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
186
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.75/FPS
100%
Price, $
$140
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
182
97.84946236559139%
Value, $/FPS
$3.02/FPS
24.834437086092713%
Price, $
$549.95
25%
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Updated 348677 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Haswell E |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 140 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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