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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6600 is 346 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 10% cheaper than Core i5-6600 - CA$120.0 vs CA$133.77
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-6600 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 3% better in Metro Exodus than Pentium G3250 - 144 vs 140 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel PENTIUM Processor G3250 3.20 2 LGA 1156 BX80646G3250
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Intel BX80662I56600 6th Generation Core I5-6600 Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
44.7900466562986%
Multi-Core
981
27.618243243243246%
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-6600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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