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In short — Core i5-3450 outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-3450 is 490 days older than Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3450
- Performs up to 1% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium G3420 - 159 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 31% less energy than Intel Core i5-3450 - 53 vs 77 Watts
World of Warcraft
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Core i5-3450
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
FPS
159
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.91/FPS
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Price, CA$
CA$145.07
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-3450 Quad-Core Processor 3.1 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53450
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Core i5-3450
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3450 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29th, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 77 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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