Intel Core i7-6650U vs Intel Pentium G3258

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1184 points

3% slightly better overall score

1144 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2342 points

2506 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

813 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

844 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

780 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-6650U and the Pentium G3258? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.68 points

25.97 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1963 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1343 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

931 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

763 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2036 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1095 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1001 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

629 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

45% significantly 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

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

903rd of 1,089

913th 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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-6650U vs Pentium G3258 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6650U performs better than the Pentium G3258. Despite this, the Pentium G3258 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6650U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium G3258 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6650U. A Core i7-6650U 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.

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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.