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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Celeron G3900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 897 days newer than the more expensive Celeron G3900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 12% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Celeron G3900 - 174 vs 155 FPS
- Up to 2% cheaper than Celeron G3900 - £126.66 vs £128.82
- Up to 12% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than Celeron G3900 - £0.73 vs £0.83 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G3900 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G3900
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
174
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.73/FPS
100%
Price, £
£126.66
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
155
89.08045977011494%
Value, £/FPS
£0.83/FPS
87.95180722891567%
Price, £
£128.82
98%
Intel Celeron G3900 Dual-Core Processor (2 Core, 2.80 GHz)
Buy for £128.82 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 1613 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Single-Core
581
41.888968997837054%
Multi-Core
992
20.478943022295624%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Celeron G3900 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 510 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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