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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 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 i5-8500 is 1304 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 25% better in Dead Island 2 than Pentium G3250 - 153 vs 122 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $61.0 vs $159.99
- Up to 52% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i5-8500 - $0.5 vs $1.05 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
153
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.05/FPS
47.61904761904761%
Price, $
$159.99
38%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 349406 minutes ago
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
122
79.73856209150327%
Value, $/FPS
$0.5/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 349405 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
41.52847873107426%
Multi-Core
981
20.251857968620975%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | 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 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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