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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2479 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 18% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Pentium G3258 - 141 vs 120 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 12 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 74% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $51.36 vs $195.0
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-11500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
30.711422845691384%
Multi-Core
1074
14.466594827586206%
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Pentium G3258
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
29 FPS
$50.31/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,459
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29 FPS
$46.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,334.52
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29 FPS
$44.45/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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29 FPS
$46.17/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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29 FPS
$87.9/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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29 FPS
$43.41/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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29 FPS
$44.1/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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29 FPS
$39.62/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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29 FPS
$40.66/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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29 FPS
$41.69/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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