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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G4900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G4900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 48 days older than the cheaper Celeron G4900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 8% better in Elden Ring than Celeron G4900 - 121 vs 112 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G4900 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G4900
- Up to 61% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $68.02 vs $174.96
- Up to 58% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i5-8500 - $0.61 vs $1.45 per FPS
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 54 vs 65 Watts
Elden Ring
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
FPS
112
92%
Value, $/FPS
$0.61/FPS
100%
Price, $
$68.02
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Celeron® G4900 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.1GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W BX80684G4900
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TOP 5 Games
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Celeron G4900 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 3rd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 54 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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