Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Pentium G3260

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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Intel Pentium G3260

Price

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$ 108.02

$ 49.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1256 points

4% slightly better overall score

1206 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2477 points

2612 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

934 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

863 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

895 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

828 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.75 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

15.34 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1134 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

919 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

554 points

563 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1158 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

995 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

570 points

583 points

2% 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

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

13% slightly 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

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

881st of 1,089

899th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3520M vs Pentium G3260 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3520M performs better than the Pentium G3260. Despite this, the Pentium G3260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3520M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M. A Core i7-3520M 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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.