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Core i5-12600K vs Pentium G3258

Core i5-12600K vs Pentium G3258: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 2712 days newer than Pentium G3258.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 10% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Pentium G3258 - 166 vs 151 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 16 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258

  • Consumes up to 58% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600K - 53 vs 125 Watts
This is a free version of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

166

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£187.52

100%

FPS Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £187.52 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 279 minutes ago

Intel Pentium G3258 Logo
Pentium G3258

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014


FPS

151

90.96385542168674%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Intel Pentium G3258 Logo
Pentium G3258

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Pentium G3258 Logo
Pentium G3258

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014


Single-Core

613

25.020408163265305%

Multi-Core

1074

9.107869742198101%

Intel Core i5-12600K

vs

Intel Pentium G3258

Nov 4th, 2021
Release DateJun 2nd, 2014
Core i5CollectionPentium
Alder LakeCodenameHaswell
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 1150
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10
Cores2
16
Threads2
3.7 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.2 GHz
4.9 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
125 WTDP
53 W
10 nm
Process Size22 nm
37.0x
Multiplier32.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Haswell)
YesOverclockableYes

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