Intel Core i7-4610M vs Intel Pentium G860

Core i7-4610M vs Pentium G860 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4610M performs better than the Pentium G860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G860 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4610M has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-4610M and Pentium G860 are identical in this regard. A Core i7-4610M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G860 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 i7-4610M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.