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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Celeron G3900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 61 days older than the more expensive Celeron G3900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 3% better in Dead Space than Celeron G3900 - 150 vs 145 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than Celeron G3900 - $39.5 vs $39.9
- Up to 7% better value when playing Dead Space than Celeron G3900 - $0.26 vs $0.28 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G3900 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G3900
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
150
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.26/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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Intel Celeron G3900 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor SR2HV LGA 1151 (CM8066201928610)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6500 | vs | Intel Celeron G3900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Skylake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 510 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6500 or Celeron G3900
Dead Space, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
45 FPS
$16.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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35 FPS
$18.57/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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