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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G1610 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G1610 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 1899 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G1610.
Advantages of Intel Celeron G1610
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $37.0 vs $174.96
- Up to 73% better value when playing Cyberpunk 2077 than Core i5-8500 - $0.63 vs $2.3 per FPS
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 29% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than Celeron G1610 - 76 vs 59 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G1610 - 6 vs 2 threads
Cyberpunk 2077
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RT Overdrive
Intel Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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RT Overdrive
Celeron G1610
Desktop • Dec 3rd, 2012
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G1610 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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