[i5] 6400 vs 6500 vs 6600

[kenchu]

I am excluding th 6600k because I am not planning to overclock because of my budget (I know there's hyper 212 evo, etc etc... I want to keep as cheap as possible. Plus it won't fit on the cases for my needs on my price range )

I am planning to play CPU intensive games like Arma 3.

I know the best option is 6600. But.

How much difference in performance there is beetween the three CPUs?

If 6400 vs 6600 there's a 10 fps difference I would definitely stick with 6400.

Thanks

 

[Ecky]

Just look at the clockspeeds:

i5 6400 - 2.7ghz base / 3.3ghz turbo
i5 6500 - 3.2ghz base / 3.6ghz turbo
i5 6600 - 3.3ghz base / 3.9ghz turbo

In terms of turbo frequency, there's a roughly 10% increase between each CPU, so if the 6500 is 10% more expensive or less than the 6400, it's a slightly better value. 10% of 60fps is 6fps, so you might hypothetically expect to see 60 -> 66 -> 72fps with each of these chips.

Why not consider the newer 7xxx CPUs though? They're priced about the same but clocked higher than the older 6xxx CPUs.

i5 7400 - 3.0 / 3.5
i5 7500 - 3.4 / 3.8
i5 7600 - 3.5 / 4.1

 

[superninja12]

i personally own the i5 6600 and my brother owns the i5 6500.

between these 2 the difference is nihil.

dont get the 6400, because the difference is noticeable.

like ecky sais, why dont get the newest 7500.

 

[captaincharisma]

the only difference is clock speed's all I5's are quad core CPU's with no hyperthreading. the higher the model number, the more clock speed you get. the only real differences are when you start comparing an I5 vs an I7 or I3

 

[kenchu]

Thank you everyone. Thanks for the kaby lake tip, they are pri ed exactly the same in my country. I will try to get 7500, if money problems, i will get 7400. After you answer and watching some benchmarks, difference beetween 400 and 500 is not noticeable. Thanks