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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10600K outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10600K is 2159 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 8% cheaper than Core i5-10600K - $94.96 vs $103.41
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-10600K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10600K
- Performs up to 11% better in Elden Ring than Pentium G3258 - 124 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Elden Ring than Pentium G3258 - $0.93 vs $0.94 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 12 vs 2 threads
Elden Ring
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Core i5-10600K
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
124
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.93/FPS
100%
Price, €
€114.78
91%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-10600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Core i5-10600K
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3258 | vs | Intel Core i5-10600K |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2nd, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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