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In short — Core i5-9500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9500 is 1874 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i5-9500 - $71.68 vs $99.99
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-9500 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Performs up to 9% better in Elden Ring than Pentium G3420 - 122 vs 112 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 6 vs 2 threads
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Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Single-Core
584
39.782016348773844%
Multi-Core
981
19.659318637274552%
Intel Pentium G3420 | vs | Intel Core i5-9500 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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