Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Pentium G3250T

Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Feb 2018
Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Pentium G3250T
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Pentium G3250T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8500
    319%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8500
    153%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8500
    486%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 53% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 386% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 219% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250T

None

Intel Core i5-8500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8500

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameCoffee LakevsHaswell
Release DateFeb 2018vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9216 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8500Intel Pentium G3250T
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8500
    4920 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    3136 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8500
    21600 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    6272 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8500 (simulated)
    174.25
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)
    113.56

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8500 (simulated)
    1006.07
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)
    207

points - higher is better