Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i5-3570K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-3570K

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 39.01 significantly less expensive

$ 139.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2127 points

2217 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3959 points

4077 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1617 points

1694 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1551 points

1627 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2971 points

0.03% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2970 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.92 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

35.69 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2948 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2162 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

704 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3046 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2062 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

688 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

18% slightly lower TDP

77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

699th of 1,089

679th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400 vs Core i5-3570K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3570K 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. Also, the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.