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In short — Core i5-9600K 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 i5-9600K is 1874 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Up to 45% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - $71.68 vs $129.99
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 5% better in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 than Pentium G3420 - 236 vs 224 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 6 vs 2 threads
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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Intel Core i5-9600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Single-Core
584
34.112149532710276%
Multi-Core
981
15.166975881261596%
Intel Pentium G3420 | vs | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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