Intel Core i7-6500U vs Intel Pentium G3250

Core i7-6500U vs Pentium G3250 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6500U beats the Pentium G3250 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G3250 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6500U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3250 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. A Core i7-6500U 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.

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 i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.