Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i5-4670

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

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Intel Core i5-4670

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 40.01 significantly less expensive

$ 140.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2127 points

2325 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3959 points

4272 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1617 points

1777 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1551 points

1705 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.92 points

46.61 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2948 points

3099 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points

1130 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3046 points

3282 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points

1186 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

29% slightly lower TDP

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

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

655th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 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 i5-4670 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4670 beats the Core i5-6400 in overall performance. 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6400. Also, the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.