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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2084 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G550.
Advantages of Intel Celeron G550
- Up to 72% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $49.0 vs $174.96
- Up to 68% better value when playing Overwatch 2 than Core i5-8500 - $0.16 vs $0.5 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 10% better in Overwatch 2 than Celeron G550 - 348 vs 315 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 6 vs 2 threads
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Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550
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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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Celeron G550
Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G550 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy 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 |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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