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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8400 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 i5-8400 is 1172 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 27% better in Starfield than Pentium G3250 - 57 vs 45 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 56% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $61.0 vs $140.0
- Up to 45% better value when playing Starfield than Core i5-8400 - $1.36 vs $2.46 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-8400 - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
57
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.46/FPS
55.28455284552846%
Price, $
$140
43%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 349805 minutes ago
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
45
78.94736842105263%
Value, $/FPS
$1.36/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 349804 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
42.572062084257205%
Multi-Core
981
20.66133108677338%
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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