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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G840 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G840 is 1107 days older than the more expensive Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Up to 51% cheaper than Pentium G3258 - $24.99 vs $51.36
- Up to 50% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Pentium G3258 - $0.12 vs $0.24 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Pentium G840 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
FPS
211
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.12/FPS
100%
Price, $
$24.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G840 Dual Core 2.8 GHz Intel HD Graphics Retail 2.8 2 LGA 1155 Processor - BX80623G840
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Pentium | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 2 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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