Intel Pentium G3250T vs Intel Celeron E3500

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3250T and Intel Celeron E3500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium G3250T

Intel Celeron E3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3250T

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1594 vs 1154
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1809 vs 935

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2014 vs August 2010
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1594 vs 1154
PassMark - CPU mark	1809 vs 935

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E3500

Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 66.4°C
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 66.4°C
L2 cache	1024 KB (shared) vs 256 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3250T
CPU 2: Intel Celeron E3500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1594

1154

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1809

935

Name	Intel Pentium G3250T	Intel Celeron E3500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1594	1154
PassMark - CPU mark	1809	935
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	562
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	969

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G3250T	Intel Celeron E3500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Wolfdale
Launch date	July 2014	August 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$46	$62
Place in performance rating	2162	2141
Price now	$89.99	$31
Processor Number	G3250T	E3500
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	9.72	13.80
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	2.70 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	800 MHz FSB
Die size	177 mm	82 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB (shared)
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C
Maximum core temperature	66.4°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	1400 million	228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 @ 1.5V	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	1.7 GB
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
VGA
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort	2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	1920x1200@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	11.1/12
OpenGL	4.3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm X 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013A
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)