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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G3250 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2400S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G3250 is 1289 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2400S.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Performs up to 1% better in World of Warcraft than Core i5-2400S - 158 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 13% cheaper than Core i5-2400S - $61.0 vs $70.0
- Up to 13% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Core i5-2400S - $0.39 vs $0.45 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-2400S - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2400S
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
World of Warcraft
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1920 x 1080
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
158
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Intel Core i5-2400S Quad-Core Processor 2.5 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52400S
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-2400S
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-2400S |
|---|---|---|
Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
22 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 2000 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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