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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G2130 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 892 days newer than the more expensive Pentium G2130.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2130
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 15% better in Dota 2 than Pentium G2130 - 195 vs 170 FPS
- Up to 9% cheaper than Pentium G2130 - $39.5 vs $43.64
- Up to 23% better value when playing Dota 2 than Pentium G2130 - $0.2 vs $0.26 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2130 - 4 vs 2 threads
Dota 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Intel Pentium G2130 3.20 GHz DUAL-CORE Processor, Socket H2 LGA-1155
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
195
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.2/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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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Pentium G2130
Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2130 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21st, 2013 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G2130 or Core i5-6500
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
109 FPS
$6.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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91 FPS
$7.14/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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