Availability

Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Availability
MSRP in USD: $87

Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2960 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500

Performs up to 1% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Pentium G6950 - 190 vs 189 FPS
Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 6 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950

Up to 78% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $37.5 vs $167.03
Up to 77% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Core i5-8500 - $0.2 vs $0.88 per FPS

This is a free version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500	vs	Intel Pentium G6950
Feb 14th, 2018	Release Date	Jan 7th, 2010
Core i5	Collection	Pentium
Coffee Lake	Codename	Clarkdale
Intel Socket 1151	Socket	Intel Socket 1156
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
6	Cores	2
6	Threads	2
3.0 GHz	Base Clock Speed	2.8 GHz
4.1 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	Non-Turbo
65 W	TDP	73 W
14 nm	Process Size	32 nm
30.0x	Multiplier	21.0x
UHD Graphics 630	Integrated Graphics	Intel HD
No	Overclockable	No

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Intel Core i5-8500﻿

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Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500

Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950

TOP 5 Games

Grand Theft Auto V

League of Legends

Fortnite

Valorant

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

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