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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6850K 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 i7-6850K is 671 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6850K
- Performs up to 6% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Pentium Gold G5400 - 85 vs 80 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 58% cheaper than Core i7-6850K - $50.0 vs $120.0
- Up to 56% better value when playing Hogwarts Legacy than Core i7-6850K - $0.62 vs $1.41 per FPS
- Consumes up to 59% less energy than Intel Core i7-6850K - 58 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6850K doesn't have integrated graphics
Hogwarts Legacy
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
85
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.41/FPS
43.97163120567376%
Price, $
$120
41%
FPS Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) FC-LGA14A 3.6 6 BX80671I76850K
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Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
80
94.11764705882352%
Value, $/FPS
$0.62/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
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Updated 361171 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
57.64984227129337%
Multi-Core
1504
25.837484968218522%
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 140 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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