Intel Core i3-4170 vs Intel Pentium G4560

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 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 G4560

Price

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$ 41.60

$ 43.40 significantly less expensive

$ 85.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1489 points

1563 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2858 points

2914 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1121 points

1189 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1076 points

1142 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.13 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

26.56 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2036 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1455 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1049 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

686 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2163 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1450 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1119 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

712 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W

Identical

54 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

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

811th of 1,089

794th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-4170 vs Pentium G4560 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G4560 performs better than the Core i3-4170. Despite this, the Core i3-4170 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G4560. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.