Intel Pentium G3250 vs Intel Core i5-2550k. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i5
• Generation
  5 2
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G3000 Intel Core i 2000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  10
• Shader
  80
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2550k and Intel Pentium G3250. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G3250 and Intel Core i5-2550k to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  53 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G3250 and Intel Pentium G3250, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Haswell S Sandy Bridge S
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2012