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In short — Core i7-8700K 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 i7-8700K is 1172 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 71% cheaper than Core i7-8700K - $61.0 vs $208.0
- Up to 65% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i7-8700K - $0.66 vs $1.89 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700K
- Performs up to 20% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Pentium G3250 - 110 vs 92 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 12 vs 2 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Intel Core i7-8700K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.7GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i7-8700K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700K |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Pentium G3250 or Core i7-8700K
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
56 FPS
$26.79/FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Core i7-8700K
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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