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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6900K outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3258 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6900K is 729 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Performs up to 10% better in Alan Wake 2 than Pentium G3258 - 111 vs 101 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 16 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 65% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $51.36 vs $145.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Core i7-6900K - $0.51 vs $1.31 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 53 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6900K doesn't have integrated graphics
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
111
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.31/FPS
38.93129770992366%
Price, $
$145
35%
FPS Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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Updated 361463 minutes ago
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
FPS
101
90.990990990991%
Value, $/FPS
$0.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.36
100%
Value Winner
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
Buy for $51.36 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 361461 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
48.96166134185304%
Multi-Core
1074
15.088508007867379%
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
16 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 140 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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