Intel Core i5-6400T Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-6400T has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1151 socket and was released in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i5-6400T scores 711 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,257 points.
Intel Core i5-6400T

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-6400T. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i5-6400T.

Name: Intel Core i5-6400T
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture: Skylake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i5-7400T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6400T has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6400T is 2.20 GHz (2.80 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 2.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 2.50 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6400T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-6400T uses the Intel HD Graphics 530, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
DDR3-1600
34.1 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6400T is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 6.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1151
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2015
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6400T have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-3340 Intel Core i5-3340
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
714
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
714
Intel Core i5-3350P Intel Core i5-3350P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
714
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
711
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
711
MediaTek Kompanio 900T MediaTek Kompanio 900T
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
711
MediaTek MT8188J MediaTek MT8188J
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
710

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-8320E AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2269
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
6C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
2268
Intel Core i7-7567U Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2267
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2257
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2254
Intel Core i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
2253
Intel Core i7-2630QM Intel Core i7-2630QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2251

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
971
MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
970
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
968
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
967
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
967
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
967
MediaTek Dimensity 1100 MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
966

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Qualcomm QCM6490 Qualcomm QCM6490
8C 8T @ 2.71 GHz
2745
Intel Core i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
2740
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2736
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2732
Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2730
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2727
Intel Core i7-980 Intel Core i7-980
6C 12T @ 3.33 GHz
2714

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4940MX Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz
432

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A8-7650K AMD A8-7650K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4340
AMD A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4321
Intel Core i5-4670T Intel Core i5-4670T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4314
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
4312
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4288
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
4281
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4270

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
120
Intel Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
120
Intel Core i7-4600U Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
120
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
119
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
119
AMD EPYC 7301 AMD EPYC 7301
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
119
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
119

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
417
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
416
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
416
Intel Core i5-6400T Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
414
Intel Pentium Gold G5500 Intel Pentium Gold G5500
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
414
Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
413
Intel Core i3-1005G1 Intel Core i3-1005G1
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
409

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