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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 2430 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 66% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - CA$120.99 vs CA$359.22
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-11600 - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 229% better in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Pentium G3250 - 158 vs 48 FPS
- Up to 10% better value when playing Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Pentium G3250 - CA$2.27 vs CA$2.52 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 12 vs 2 threads
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel PENTIUM Processor G3250 3.20 2 LGA 1156 BX80646G3250
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
158
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.27/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$359.22
33%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2.8 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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