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In short — Core i5-9600K outperforms the cheaper Pentium G640 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G640 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9600K is 2329 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G640.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G640
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - $30.0 vs $145.0
- Up to 78% better value when playing Death Stranding than Core i5-9600K - $0.14 vs $0.63 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 8% better in Death Stranding than Pentium G640 - 230 vs 213 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G640 - 6 vs 2 threads
Death Stranding
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640
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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
Very High
Pentium G640
Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G640 | vs | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 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 | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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