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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 1500X is 995 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Performs up to 4% better in God of War than Pentium G3250 - 170 vs 164 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 15% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1500X - $61.0 vs $71.75
- Up to 12% better value when playing God of War than Ryzen 5 1500X - $0.37 vs $0.42 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1500X doesn't have integrated graphics
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
170
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
88.09523809523809%
Price, $
$71.75
85%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.5 GHz 16M 65W Socket AM4
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
164
96.47058823529412%
Value, $/FPS
$0.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Updated 354126 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
52.17391304347826%
Multi-Core
981
26.920965971459932%
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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