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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G4500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G4500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 897 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G4500.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G4500
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $84.19 vs $174.96
- Up to 47% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-8500 - $0.52 vs $0.99 per FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 10% better in Resident Evil 4 than Pentium G4500 - 177 vs 161 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G4500 - 6 vs 2 threads
Resident Evil 4
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Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
161
90%
Value, $/FPS
$0.52/FPS
100%
Price, $
$84.19
100%
Value Winner
Intel Boxed Pentium Processor G4500 FC-LGA14C 3.5 1 LGA 1151 BX80662G4500
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G4500 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
51 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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