Key Differences
In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 966 days older than Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Performs up to 1% better in Resident Evil 4 than Pentium G3420 - 160 vs 158 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Resident Evil 4
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2500K | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
