Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i5-6400

Core i5-11600K vs Core i5-6400 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11600K performs better than the Core i5-6400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-11600K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-6400 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6400. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6400 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-11600K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6400. The Core i5-11600K also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.