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    Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Pentium G4500

    Intel Core i5-2500
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    Intel Core i5-2500
    Intel Pentium G4500
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
    Intel Pentium G4500

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i5-2500
      122%
    • Intel Pentium G4500
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-2500
      100%
    • Intel Pentium G4500
      121%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-2500
      162%
    • Intel Pentium G4500
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4500

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    44 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    Intel Core i5-2500

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2500

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI
    SSE4.1
    AVX2
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
    CodenameSandy BridgevsSkylake
    Release DateJan 2011vsSep 2015

    Cores

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD 530

    Cache

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageFC-LGA10vs
    Die Size216mm²vs150mm²
    Process32 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i5-2500Intel Pentium G4500
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP95 Wvs51 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-2500
      3700 points
    • Intel Pentium G4500
      4025 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-2500
      13200 points
    • Intel Pentium G4500
      8050 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
      122
    • Intel Pentium G4500 (simulated)
      148.75

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
      470
    • Intel Pentium G4500 (simulated)
      289.55

    points - higher is better

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