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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-2500 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G640 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-2500 is 511 days older than the more expensive Pentium G640.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G640
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500
- Performs up to 2% better in Borderlands 3 than Pentium G640 - 199 vs 195 FPS
- Up to 17% cheaper than Pentium G640 - $24.95 vs $30.0
- Up to 13% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Pentium G640 - $0.13 vs $0.15 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G640 - 4 vs 2 threads
Borderlands 3
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Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640
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Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
199
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$0.13/FPS
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$24.95
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-2500 Quad-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52500
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Pentium G640
Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012
Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G640 | vs | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 2000 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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