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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $42
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Celeron G4900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 1006 days older than the more expensive Celeron G4900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 9% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Celeron G4900 - 169 vs 155 FPS
- Up to 42% cheaper than Celeron G4900 - $39.5 vs $68.02
- Up to 48% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Celeron G4900 - $0.23 vs $0.44 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G4900 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G4900
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 54 vs 65 Watts
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
169
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.23/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® G4900 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.1GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W BX80684G4900
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6500 | vs | Intel Celeron G4900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Apr 3rd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 54 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6500 or Celeron G4900
Total War: WARHAMMER III, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
5 FPS
$146/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$649.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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