Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Pentium G3250

Compare Intel Core 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

1067 points

1091 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2095 points

2366 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

796 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

764 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

6.39 points

12.72 points

98% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

915 points

944 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

458 points

559 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

915 points

987 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

450 points

577 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

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

17 W

211% significantly lower TDP

53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

930th of 1,089

925th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3517U vs Pentium G3250 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G3250 beats the Core i7-3517U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3517U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3517U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3250 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. A Core i7-3517U 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.

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 i7-3517U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.