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Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i3-7020U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 2 - 67 %
Intel Core i3-7020U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Core i3-7020U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,134
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
828
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
3,086
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,670
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
841
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
571
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,706
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,327
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-6400
Intel HD Graphics 530
365
Intel Core i3-7020U
Intel HD Graphics 620
384
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
730.0 s
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,411.2 s
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
359
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
212
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,360
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
640
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
140 cb
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
94 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
497 cb
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
227 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 7000U (18)
ArchitectureSkylake SKaby Lake U
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1356
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency0.35 - 0.95 GHz0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-7020U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2018
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i3-7020U
Intel Core i3-7020U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

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