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In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms the cheaper Pentium G4500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G4500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 1696 days older than the cheaper Pentium G4500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G4500 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G4500
- Up to 88% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $27.05 vs $219.35
- Up to 88% better value when playing Monster Hunter: World than Core i5-2500K - $0.12 vs $0.97 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 51 vs 95 Watts
Monster Hunter: World
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INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
251
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.12/FPS
100%
Price, €
€30.03
100%
Value Winner
Intel Boxed Pentium Processor G4500 FC-LGA14C 3.5 1 LGA 1151 BX80662G4500
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2500K | vs | Intel Pentium G4500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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