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In short — Core i5-2550K outperforms the cheaper Celeron G1820 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G1820 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-2550K is 671 days older than the cheaper Celeron G1820.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Performs up to 3% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Celeron G1820 - 121 vs 118 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G1820 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G1820
- Up to 53% cheaper than Core i5-2550K - $46.41 vs $99.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-2550K - $0.39 vs $0.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-2550K - 53 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-2550K doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
BX80623I52550K Intel Core i5 Quad-core i5-2550K 3.4GHz Desktop Processor BX80623I52550K
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Celeron G1820
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2013
FPS
118
97%
Value, $/FPS
$0.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$46.41
100%
Value Winner
Intel CPU BX80646G1820 Celeron G1820 2.70GHz 2M LGA1150 2C/2T Haswell
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Celeron G1820
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Celeron G1820 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Dec 1st, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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