Intel Core i7-6500U vs Intel Pentium G3460

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 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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Price

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$ 1793.00
$ 125.00
$ 1668.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1306 points
5% slightly better overall score
1242 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2566 points
2695 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

974 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
889 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

934 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
853 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1641 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1352 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

719 points
730 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
253% significantly lower TDP
53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

870th of 1,089
887th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-6500U vs Pentium G3460 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6500U is faster than the Pentium G3460. Despite this, the Pentium G3460 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3460 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3460 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 i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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