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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-2500 outperforms the more expensive Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-2500 is 509 days older than the more expensive Celeron G550.
Advantages of Intel Celeron G550
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500
- Performs up to 3% better in Ready or Not than Celeron G550 - 239 vs 231 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Celeron G550 - $24.95 vs $49.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Ready or Not than Celeron G550 - $0.1 vs $0.21 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 4 vs 2 threads
Ready or Not
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550
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Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
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239
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$0.1/FPS
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$24.95
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-2500 Quad-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52500
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Celeron G550
Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012
Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G550 | vs | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 2000 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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