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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3258 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 1240 days older than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Performs up to 2% better in Dead Island 2 than Pentium G3258 - 125 vs 123 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $51.36 vs $390.81
- Up to 87% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i5-2500K - $0.42 vs $3.13 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
125
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.13/FPS
13.418530351437699%
Price, $
$390.81
13%
FPS Winner
INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Updated 349277 minutes ago
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
FPS
123
98.4%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.36
100%
Value Winner
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
Buy for $51.36 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349277 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
94.89164086687306%
Multi-Core
1074
55.90838105153566%
Intel Core i5-2500K | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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