Intel Core i5-4300U vs Intel Pentium G860

Core i5-4300U vs Pentium G860 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4300U is faster than the Pentium G860. Despite this, the Pentium G860 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-4300U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300U. A Core i5-4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G860 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i5-4300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.