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In short — Core i5-6500 outperforms Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6500 is 1502 days newer than Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 9% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Pentium G840 - 128 vs 117 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G840 - 4 vs 2 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
128
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G840 or Core i5-6500
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
17 FPS
$42.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
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GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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