Better Gaming processor, i3-8100 3.6ghz, 4 core or i5-8400 2.8ghz, 6 core?

el.hombre.mo

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The title pretty much says it all. Which one of these 2 processors will produce the best gaming performance? Lifespan is also something of a concern. My objective is to be able to play Call of Duty: WWII. I will be putting it in a computer with a GTX 1060 6gb with the i3 or 3gb with the i5.
 
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Generally speaking, the i5-8400 is better than the i3-8100. The i5 has 6 cores instead of 4 cores and the clockspeed can go as high as 4.0GHz vs. 3.60GHz.

The slightly higher clockspeed can provide slightly better FPS in games that are CPU dependent, but in games that are not CPU dependent, then there is no discernible difference in performance... unless getting 1 FPS less really pisses you off. Having more cores is better than having fewer cores, but games need to be designed to take advantage of those cores. If a game can only make use of 4 core or less (the vast majority of games in general still use 2 cores), then it doesn't matter very much if the CPU has 4, 8 or 12 cores.

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Yes but it doesn't support the 6gb GTX 1060. Only the 3ghz. So is the i5 better with a 3gb GPU or is the i3 better with a 6gb GPU?

Also, I'm not familiar with the whole turbo clock speed thing. What exactly is turbo clock speed and how would I make use of it?
 

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An i5-8400 and a GTX 1060 6GB will work together just fine.

Do you mean you're choosing between two pre-builts, and one is i3-8100+1060 6GB, and the other is an an i5-8400+1060 3GB? Or that if you buy an i5-8400, you can only afford a 1060 3GB rather than a 6GB version?
 

el.hombre.mo

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Well I have been told before that the i5 doesn't support the 6gb version but it is also partly because of the cost.
 
Generally speaking, the i5-8400 is better than the i3-8100. The i5 has 6 cores instead of 4 cores and the clockspeed can go as high as 4.0GHz vs. 3.60GHz.

The slightly higher clockspeed can provide slightly better FPS in games that are CPU dependent, but in games that are not CPU dependent, then there is no discernible difference in performance... unless getting 1 FPS less really pisses you off. Having more cores is better than having fewer cores, but games need to be designed to take advantage of those cores. If a game can only make use of 4 core or less (the vast majority of games in general still use 2 cores), then it doesn't matter very much if the CPU has 4, 8 or 12 cores.
 
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