Which is better? Intel Core i5 6400 vs i5 3750

[nunonunes097]

Hey I'd like to know between these two CPU's, which is better? I intend to use them for 1080p gaming and some livestreaming, as well as light video editing. These are the non overclockable versions as well, I'm not interested in the overclockable ones because I don't have a cooling fan. I'll probably go with the i5 6400, it will be paired with an Msi GTX1060 OC 6GB GDDR5 PCI-E, but before I do go through with it, I would like to know some other opinions from more experienced people, since I'm a proper noob at this 😀 Thank you guys in advance! Have a nice day.

 

[clutchc]

For your intended purpose, the i5-6400 is the better choice. The Ivy Bridge platform is obsolete, so the i5-3750 would be a dead end for upgrading (except for used).

Either CPU with the GTX 1060 can max out settings in most if not all games at 1080p.

 

[Eximo]

i5-6400 certainly. I would get the i5-6500 if you can afford it though, much higher clock rates.

i5-3570 is a significantly older CPU and you wouldn't be able to take advantage of DDR4 and many of the other motherboard features now available.

 

[nunonunes097]

For your intended purpose, the i5-6400 is the better choice. The Ivy Bridge platform is obsolete, so the i5-3750 would be a dead end for upgrading (except for used).

Thanks mate, I thought too that the 3570 was a bit too old. Performance wise though, which one is better? And is there a big difference?

 

[clutchc]

For your intended purpose, the i5-6400 is the better choice. The Ivy Bridge platform is obsolete, so the i5-3750 would be a dead end for upgrading (except for used).

Thanks mate, I thought too that the 3570 was a bit too old. Performance wise though, which one is better? And is there a big difference?

Not a big difference, but enough that you would notice. Probably ~20% bump with the Skylake over the Ivy Bridge.

 

[Eximo]

I wouldn't call it a big difference, perhaps 20-25%. They are basically the same class of processor, but the LGA1155 board you would need might be hard to come by and you would have to use DDR3. In between 6 series and the 3 series was all of the Haswell and Broadwell class chips on yet another socket LGA1150.

Whereas with the i5-6400, i5-6500, or i5-6600 you can use a recently released LGA1151 motherboard with USB 3.1, NVMe / M.2 sockets for SSDs, DDR4, and just generational improvements made in the CPU. Lot of instruction sets and capabilities have been added. The onboard CPU graphics are much improved, doesn't really matter with a GPU in the offing, but it is there in case you need it.

Just doesn't make sense to buy an Ivy bridge processor at this point. And we are right on the cusp of yet another release of the 7 series processors with 200 series motherboards.