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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 1126 days newer than the more expensive Celeron G550.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 4% better in Stray than Celeron G550 - 182 vs 175 FPS
- Up to 19% cheaper than Celeron G550 - $39.5 vs $49.0
- Up to 21% better value when playing Stray than Celeron G550 - $0.22 vs $0.28 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 4 vs 2 threads
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
182
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.22/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Celeron G550
Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G550 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Celeron G550 or Core i5-6500
Stray, 1920 x 1080, High
73 FPS
$10/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$729.99
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54 FPS
$12.04/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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