Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Pentium G3260

Compare Intel 7th 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 G3260

Price

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$ 1126.00

$ 49.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points

1206 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points

2612 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points

863 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points

828 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

15.34 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

919 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

726 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

563 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1491 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

995 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

734 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

583 points

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

2.3 GHz

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

253% significantly lower TDP

53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

948th of 1,089

899th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-7020U vs Pentium G3260 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3260 performs better than the Core i3-7020U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-7020U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7020U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3260 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.