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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G630 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G630 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2355 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G630.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 7% better in HITMAN 3 than Pentium G630 - 200 vs 187 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G630 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G630
- Up to 77% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $37.49 vs $159.99
- Up to 75% better value when playing HITMAN 3 than Core i5-8500 - $0.2 vs $0.8 per FPS
HITMAN 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Pentium G630
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
FPS
187
93.5%
Value, $/FPS
$0.2/FPS
100%
Price, $
$37.49
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G630 2.7 Ghz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G630
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Pentium G630
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G630
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Single-Core
393
28.334534967555875%
Multi-Core
683
14.099917423616844%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Pentium G630 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 4th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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