Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Pentium G3258

Core i7-6600U vs Pentium G3258 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6600U is faster than the Pentium G3258. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G3258 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6600U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3258 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3258 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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.