Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Pentium Gold G6400 vs Core i7-4712MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold G6400 performs better than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium Gold G6400 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Pentium Gold G6400 thanks to a significantly 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 Pentium Gold G6400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Pentium Gold G6400.

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 Pentium Gold G6400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.