Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Pentium G3250

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

1109 points
1% slightly better overall score
1091 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2153 points
2366 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

833 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

800 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.18 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
12.72 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1440 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
944 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

765 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
559 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1574 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
987 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
577 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.2 GHz
60% 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

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

921st of 1,089
925th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-4310U vs Pentium G3250 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4310U is faster than the Pentium G3250. Despite this, the Pentium G3250 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-4310U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium G3250 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4310U. A Core i5-4310U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3250 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 i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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