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In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G840 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 1107 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Up to 12% cheaper than Pentium G3258 - $45.0 vs $51.36
- Up to 10% better value when playing Stray than Pentium G3258 - $0.26 vs $0.29 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 1% better in Stray than Pentium G840 - 178 vs 176 FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Pentium G840 - 53 vs 65 Watts
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Intel Pentium G840 Dual Core 2.8 GHz Intel HD Graphics Retail 2.8 2 LGA 1155 Processor - BX80623G840
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Pentium | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 2 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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