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Key Differences
In short — Core i3-8100 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i3-8100 is 179 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-8100
- Performs up to 10% better in Far Cry 3 than Pentium Gold G5400 - 137 vs 125 FPS
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i3-8100 - $50.0 vs $110.0
- Up to 50% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i3-8100 - $0.4 vs $0.8 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i3-8100 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i3-8100 Desktop Processor 4 Cores up to 3.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
125
91.24087591240875%
Value, $/FPS
$0.4/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
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Updated 349277 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
58.714859437751%
Multi-Core
1504
44.17033773861967%
Intel Core i3-8100 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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