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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G3250 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2400S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G3250 is 1289 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2400S.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2400S
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Performs up to 2% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-2400S - 109 vs 107 FPS
- Up to 13% cheaper than Core i5-2400S - $61.0 vs $70.0
- Up to 14% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-2400S - $0.56 vs $0.65 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-2400S - 53 vs 65 Watts
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-2400S Quad-Core Processor 2.5 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52400S
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
109
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.56/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2400S
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2400S | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 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 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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