Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Pentium Gold G7400

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

2416 points
6% slightly better overall score
2278 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4204 points
4637 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1922 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
1677 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1847 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
1609 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4117 points
4134 points
0.41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
1961 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
64% significantly lower TDP
46 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache
160 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

641st of 1,089
667th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Pentium Gold Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8259U vs Pentium Gold G7400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Pentium Gold G7400 beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8259U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Pentium Gold G7400 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G7400. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium Gold G7400 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. The info from our database shows that the Pentium Gold G7400 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8259U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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