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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11400F 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 i5-11400F is 2430 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 46% cheaper than Core i5-11400F - $61.0 vs $113.0
- Up to 21% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i5-11400F - $0.64 vs $0.81 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-11400F - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 46% better in Far Cry 6 than Pentium G3250 - 139 vs 95 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 12 vs 2 threads
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
95
68.34532374100719%
Value, $/FPS
$0.64/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
139
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.81/FPS
79.01234567901234%
Price, $
$113
53%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
29.372768995410503%
Multi-Core
981
12.894321766561514%
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G3250 or Core i5-11400F
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
69 FPS
$14.48/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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67 FPS
$16.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$13.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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59 FPS
$19.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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44 FPS
$13.08/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
4 GB, N/A Storage
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59 FPS
$14.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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59 FPS
$15.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$910.41
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72 FPS
$12.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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44 FPS
$15.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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72 FPS
$12.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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