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In short — Ryzen 5 3500X outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 3500X is 1891 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Performs up to 20% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Pentium G3250 - 110 vs 92 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 59% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3500X - $61.0 vs $150.0
- Up to 51% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Ryzen 5 3500X - $0.66 vs $1.36 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD 100-100000158BOX RYZEN 5 3500X 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor
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Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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TOP 5 Games
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Game Graphics
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Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 24th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Matisse | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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