Intel Core i3-7100U 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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$ 1161.00

$ 49.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points

1206 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points

2612 points

38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points

863 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points

828 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.26 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

15.34 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1556 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

919 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

757 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

563 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

995 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points

32% 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

2.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

37% slightly 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

962nd 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

2016 August

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 i3-7100U vs Pentium G3260 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G3260 beats the Core i3-7100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-7100U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium G3260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7100U. A Core i3-7100U 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.

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 i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.