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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 3586 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Up to 68% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - $45.0 vs $140.0
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 5300% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium G840 - 54 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 94% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Pentium G840 - $2.59 vs $45.0 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G840 - 12 vs 2 threads
Cities: Skylines II
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1920 x 1080
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High
Intel Pentium G840 Dual Core 2.8 GHz Intel HD Graphics Retail 2.8 2 LGA 1155 Processor - BX80623G840
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
54
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$2.59/FPS
100%
Price, $
$140
32%
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Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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