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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G4500 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-3550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G4500 is 1220 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-3550.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3550
- 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 Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-3550 - 111 vs 110 FPS
- Up to 77% cheaper than Core i5-3550 - $78.69 vs $335.0
- Up to 77% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-3550 - $0.71 vs $3.05 per FPS
- Consumes up to 34% less energy than Intel Core i5-3550 - 51 vs 77 Watts
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel BX80637I53550 Core i5-3550 3.3GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor
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Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
111
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.71/FPS
100%
Price, $
$78.69
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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
Ultra
Core i5-3550
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3550 | vs | Intel Pentium G4500 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29th, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy 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 |
| 77 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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