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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G3258 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-3330 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G3258 is 637 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-3330.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3330
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 1% better in Valorant than Core i5-3330 - 697 vs 692 FPS
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-3330 - $51.36 vs $106.51
- Up to 53% better value when playing Valorant than Core i5-3330 - $0.07 vs $0.15 per FPS
- Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i5-3330 - 53 vs 77 Watts
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i5-3330 3 GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637I53330
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Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
FPS
697
100%
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$0.07/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.36
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-3330
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3330 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 77 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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