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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 346 days newer than the more expensive Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 4% better in Rocket League than Pentium G3250 - 705 vs 678 FPS
- Up to 35% cheaper than Pentium G3250 - $39.5 vs $61.0
- Up to 33% better value when playing Rocket League than Pentium G3250 - $0.06 vs $0.09 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Rocket League
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
705
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.06/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
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G3250 or Core i5-6500
Rocket League, 1920 x 1080, High Quality
188 FPS
$3.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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142 FPS
$4.58/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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