CPU help please

[Axez__]

I have to cores available to me; an i3 6100 or i5 2400.
Which one shall i take for my gaming pc.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Go with the i3-6100 because it's on a newer platform with greater upgrade potential and newer features.

 

[Yamitime]

Go for the i5 its got 4 cores

 

[sizzling]

Ooh that tough, the 6100 has much stronger cores but on 2 with hyperthreading. I'd actually expect the 6100 to be better in most games. IPC counts for games.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Go for the i5 its got 4 cores

The i5-2400 will not have any advantage over the i3-6100 in gaming. Much slower cores make it the same or less than the i3-6100. So I would go with the newer tech.

 

[Yamitime]

he could overclock the 2400 to 3.8 easy

 

[sizzling]

As there is no unlocked 2400 you are limited to blck overclocking. 3.8 is unlikely. Even if you managed it the IPC of the 6100 is about 30-40% higher so the 2400 single core performance would still be 30-40% behind.

 

[Spring1898]

How about i3 and upgrade cpu down the line?
At least it puts you on the more modern platform.

The IPC difference between skylake and sandy bridge is about 20%, but i would like to see you upgrade to a better processor if you have the GPU to match it.

 

[sizzling]

To be honest he should be looking at the G4560, the i3 6100 performs nearly identically but costs a lot more. Then he can upgrade later.

I'm fairly sure what I have seen the IPC difference is greater than 20%

 

[Spring1898]

I wish we have improved that much, but from the tests i have seen, pure ipc at clock for clock was 20% give or take depending on the application.
30-40% would include clock speed on top of it, perhaps that is what you are thinking?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Pentium G4560 w/ B250 motherboard would be cheaper than an i3-6100 while being very close to the same performance. The thing is we don't know if the OP is building his own or buying pre-built. From what he's said, I assumed he was buying pre-built.