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In short — Pentium G3250 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-870 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3250 is 1777 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-870.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Performs up to 1% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-870 - 123 vs 122 FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i7-870 - 53 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-870 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-870
- Up to 30% cheaper than Pentium G3250 - CA$84.08 vs CA$120.0
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 8 vs 2 threads
Far Cry 3
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Intel PENTIUM Processor G3250 3.20 2 LGA 1156 BX80646G3250
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Intel Core I7-870 I7 870 2.9 GHz Used Quad-Core CPU Processor 8M 95W LGA 1156
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i7-870
Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i7-870 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 8th, 2009 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Lynnfield |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1156 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 95 W |
22 nm | Process Size | 45 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 22.0x |
Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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