Intel Core i5-7200U vs Intel Pentium G3260

Core i5-7200U vs Pentium G3260 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7200U beats the Pentium G3260 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium G3260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-7200U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7200U. A Core i5-7200U 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.

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 i5-7200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.