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Core i5-2500K vs Pentium G3420

Core i5-2500K vs Pentium G3420: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 966 days older than Pentium G3420.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K

  • Performs up to 1% better in Lost Ark than Pentium G3420 - 230 vs 227 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 4 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420

  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 53 vs 95 Watts
This is a free version of Lost Ark.
Lost Ark

Lost Ark

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

230

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

227

98%

Value, $/FPS

$0.09/FPS

100%

Price, $

$21.1

100%

Value Winner

Intel Pentium G3420 3.2 GHz Used Dual-Core CPU Processor 3M 53W LGA 1150

Buy for $21.1 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8472 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

100%

Multi-Core

1921

100%

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

584

90%

Multi-Core

981

51%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

vs
Intel Pentium G3420 Logo

Intel Pentium G3420

Jan 9th, 2011Release Date
Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5CollectionPentium
Sandy BridgeCodenameHaswell
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1150
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4
Cores2
4
Threads2
3.3 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.2 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
95 WTDP
53 W
32 nmProcess Size
22 nm
33.0x
Multiplier32.0x
Intel HD 3000Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Haswell)
Yes
OverclockableNo

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