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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10400F is 1430 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10400F - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F
- Performs up to 2% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-6900K - 102 vs 100 FPS
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $112.53 vs $145.0
- Up to 24% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-6900K - $1.1 vs $1.45 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
100
98.0392156862745%
Value, $/FPS
$1.45/FPS
75.86206896551725%
Price, $
$145
77%
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
102
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$112.53
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-10400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W, Model Number: BX8070110400F
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Core i5-10400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6900K or Core i5-10400F
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
71 FPS
$15.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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38 FPS
$24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$28.92/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$23.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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31 FPS
$19.35/FPS
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Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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49 FPS
$19.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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38 FPS
$32.35/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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26 FPS
$29.96/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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38 FPS
$24.34/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$924.99
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35 FPS
$28.57/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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