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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-3450S 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 i5-3450S is 813 days older than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3450S
- Performs up to 1% better in Borderlands 3 than Pentium G3250 - 199 vs 198 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 36% cheaper than Core i5-3450S - $61.0 vs $95.0
- Up to 35% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i5-3450S - $0.31 vs $0.48 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-3450S - 53 vs 65 Watts
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-3450S
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
FPS
199
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.48/FPS
64.58333333333334%
Price, $
$95
64%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5-3450S Quad-Core Processor 2.8 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53450S
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Updated 350066 minutes ago
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
198
99.49748743718592%
Value, $/FPS
$0.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
Buy for $61 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 350066 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-3450S
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
98.63013698630137%
Multi-Core
981
58.35812016656752%
Intel Core i5-3450S | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29th, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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