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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $488
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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-9900K 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 i9-9900K is 1551 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-9900K - $61.0 vs $405.0
- Up to 84% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i9-9900K - $0.41 vs $2.52 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900K
- Performs up to 7% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Pentium G3250 - 161 vs 150 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 16 vs 2 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Intel Core i9-9900K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i9-9900K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i9-9900K |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i9 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 2 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Pentium G3250 or Core i9-9900K
Red Dead Redemption 2, 1920 x 1080, Highest
69 FPS
$68.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Core i9-9900K
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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44 FPS
$88.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070
Core i9-9900K
16 GB, 960 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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53 FPS
$75.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
Core i9-9900K
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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