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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2753 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $71.62 vs $150.0
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-11500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 265% better in League of Legends than Pentium G3420 - 241 vs 66 FPS
- Up to 43% better value when playing League of Legends than Pentium G3420 - $0.62 vs $1.09 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 12 vs 2 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
66
27.385892116182575%
Value, $/FPS
$1.09/FPS
56.88073394495412%
Price, $
$71.62
100%
Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
241
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.62/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
47%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Single-Core
584
29.258517034068138%
Multi-Core
981
13.213900862068966%
Intel Pentium G3420 | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G3420 or Core i5-11500
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
217 FPS
$6.72/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$5.94/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$6.17/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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217 FPS
$11.75/FPS
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Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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217 FPS
$5.8/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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217 FPS
$5.89/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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217 FPS
$5.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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217 FPS
$4.15/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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217 FPS
$5.57/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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