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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2960 days newer than Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 6% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Pentium G6950 - 171 vs 161 FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 6 vs 2 threads
Forza Horizon 5
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
171
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Value, CA$/FPS
CA$1.67/FPS
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CA$284.93
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Intel BX80684I58500 i5-8500 Desktop Processor, 6 Core, up to 4.1GHz 3 6
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Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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