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In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms Core i5-2300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 1240 days newer than Core i5-2300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 2% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i5-2300 - 123 vs 120 FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-2300 - 53 vs 95 Watts
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
FPS
123
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.36
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2300
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2300 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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