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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 179 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 7% better in Borderlands 3 than Pentium Gold G5400 - 217 vs 202 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 64% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $50.0 vs $140.0
- Up to 62% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i5-8400 - $0.25 vs $0.65 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-8400 - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
217
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.65/FPS
38.46153846153846%
Price, $
$140
35%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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In Stock
Updated 349958 minutes ago
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
202
93.08755760368663%
Value, $/FPS
$0.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
Buy for $50 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349957 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
54.02808573540281%
Multi-Core
1504
31.676495366470093%
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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