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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G640 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2082 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G640.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G640
- Up to 78% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $30.0 vs $136.25
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 1% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Pentium G640 - 190 vs 189 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G640 - 6 vs 2 threads
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
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Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640
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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 G640
Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G640
Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012
Single-Core
444
32.011535688536405%
Multi-Core
750
15.483071841453345%
Intel Pentium G640 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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