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Pentium G3420 vs Core i5-6500

Pentium G3420 vs Core i5-6500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-6500 outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6500 is 669 days newer than Pentium G3420.

Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 53 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500

  • Performs up to 12% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Pentium G3420 - 103 vs 92 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 4 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

92

89.32038834951457%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


FPS

103

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€92.66

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Processore Core i5-6500, 3.2 GHz (Turbo Boost 3.6 GHz), 4 core, 6MB Cache Socket 1151

Buy for 92.66 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 57 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

584

49.61767204757859%

Multi-Core

981

30.494249300590614%

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


Single-Core

1177

100%

Multi-Core

3217

100%

Intel Pentium G3420

vs

Intel Core i5-6500

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Jul 2nd, 2015
PentiumCollectionCore i5
HaswellCodenameSkylake
Intel Socket 1150SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4
2Threads
4
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed3.6 GHz
53 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
14 nm
32.0xMultiplier32.0x
Intel HD (Haswell)Integrated GraphicsHD Graphics 530
NoOverclockableNo

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