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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G4500 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G4500 is 1696 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2500K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G4500 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G4500
- Performs up to 1% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-2500K - 113 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 73% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $80.09 vs $299.99
- Up to 74% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-2500K - $0.71 vs $2.68 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 51 vs 95 Watts
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
113
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.71/FPS
100%
Price, $
$80.09
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Pentium Processor G4500 FC-LGA14C 3.5 1 LGA 1151 BX80662G4500
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2500K | vs | Intel Pentium G4500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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