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In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-660 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 1607 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-660.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-660
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 0% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i5-660 - 298 vs 297 FPS
- Up to 66% cheaper than Core i5-660 - $51.36 vs $149.95
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than Intel Core i5-660 - 53 vs 73 Watts
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Intel Core i5-660 Processor 3.33 GHz 4 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Core i5-660
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-660 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 73 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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