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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 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 Core i5-11500 is 2430 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 14% better in Elden Ring than Pentium G3250 - 128 vs 112 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 12 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 72% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $61.0 vs $218.99
- Up to 68% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i5-11500 - $0.54 vs $1.71 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-11500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
128
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.71/FPS
31.578947368421055%
Price, $
$218.99
27%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
112
87.5%
Value, $/FPS
$0.54/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
28.857715430861724%
Multi-Core
981
13.213900862068966%
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Pentium G3250
Elden Ring, 1920 x 1080, Maximum
53 FPS
$21.87/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$24.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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53 FPS
$25.26/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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53 FPS
$48.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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53 FPS
$23.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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53 FPS
$24.13/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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53 FPS
$21.68/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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53 FPS
$22.25/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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53 FPS
$24.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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