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General information Core i5-8400 Core i5-6500T
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Skylake-S
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 10.7 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 22.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 35 W 46.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i5-6500T
Overall Score 49426 0 % 41934 15.2 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 50 % 19.4 %
Benchmark Score 5968 0 % 3092 48.2 %
Single Thread Score 2394.9 0 % 1792.8 25.1 %
Encrypting Data 2765.7 MB/s 0 % 1436.6 MB/s 48.1 %
Compressing Data 127 MB/s 0 % 62.1 MB/s 51.1 %
String objects sorting 16127.7 thousand/s 0 % 8035 thousand/s 50.2 %
Prime numbers generation 36.9 millions/s 0 % 25 millions/s 32.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25532.9 millions/s 0 % 12322.6 millions/s 51.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22161.2 millions/s 0 % 10672.2 millions/s 51.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i5-6500T.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i5-6500T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 79.3 FPS
High settings 162.5 FPS 126.8 FPS
Medium settings 203.1 FPS 158.5 FPS
Low settings 253.8 FPS 198.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-8400 Core i5-6500T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.6 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 220.2 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 275.2 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 344.1 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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