Intel Core i5-4460T vs Intel Pentium G3258

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 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

444 points
1144 points
157% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

826 points
2506 points
203% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

343 points
813 points
137% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

335 points
780 points
132% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1848 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1343 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

602 points
763 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2174 points
98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1095 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

807 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
629 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
51% significantly lower TDP
53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,103rd of 1,114
935th of 1,114

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2014 May

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 i5-4460T vs Pentium G3258 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium G3258 is faster than the Core i5-4460T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-4460T has significantly more cores than the Pentium G3258. Indeed, the Core i5-4460T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium G3258. It also has more threads than the Pentium G3258. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3258 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460T. A Core i5-4460T 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-4460T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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