Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Celeron G6900 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Celeron G6900 is 1420 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G6900 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G6900
- Performs up to 5% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8500 - 149 vs 142 FPS
- Up to 60% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - £66.49 vs £167.28
- Up to 62% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8500 - £0.45 vs £1.18 per FPS
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Buy for £167.28 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 18 minutes ago
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
149
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.45/FPS
100%
Price, £
£66.49
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for £66.49 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 237 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Celeron G6900 |
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Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
65 W | TDP | Not Available |
14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 710 |
No | Overclockable | No |