Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Pentium G3250

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium G Series 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Pentium G3250

Price

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$ 62.02

$ 44.00

$ 18.02 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1116 points

2% slightly better overall score

1091 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2161 points

2366 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

838 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

805 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.39 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

12.72 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

955 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

944 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

472 points

559 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

875 points

987 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points

577 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

51% significantly lower TDP

53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

919th of 1,089

925th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-2430M vs Pentium G3250 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium G3250 is faster than the Core i5-2430M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-2430M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3250 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2430M. A Core i5-2430M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3250 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-2430M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.