Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Pentium G4600

Core i7-4720HQ vs Pentium G4600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium G4600 is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium G4600 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium G4600. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G4600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4600 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L2 cache than the Pentium G4600. The Core i7-4720HQ also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.