Intel Core i5-4200M vs Intel Pentium G3258

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1121 points

1144 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2225 points

2506 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

833 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

813 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

799 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

780 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.84 points

25.97 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1625 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1343 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

849 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

763 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1716 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1095 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

876 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

629 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

2.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

43% significantly lower TDP

53 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

918th of 1,089

913th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-4200M vs Pentium G3258 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3258 performs better than the Core i5-4200M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-4200M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3258 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200M. A Core i5-4200M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3258 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 i5-4200M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.