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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 47 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 6% better in Apex Legends than Pentium Gold G5400 - 278 vs 262 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 69% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $50.0 vs $159.99
- Up to 67% better value when playing Apex Legends than Core i5-8500 - $0.19 vs $0.58 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
278
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.58/FPS
32.758620689655174%
Price, $
$159.99
31%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 349597 minutes ago
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
262
94.24460431654677%
Value, $/FPS
$0.19/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
Buy for $50 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349595 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
52.70367700072099%
Multi-Core
1504
31.048720066061108%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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