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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 346 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 23% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $61.0 vs $79.0
- Up to 8% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-6400 - $0.66 vs $0.72 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 20% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Pentium G3250 - 110 vs 92 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G3250 or Core i5-6400
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
1 FPS
$825.24/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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