Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Pentium Gold G6400 vs Core i7-4930MX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4930MX beats the Pentium Gold G6400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Gold G6400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4930MX has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G6400. Indeed, the Core i7-4930MX has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G6400. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4930MX. The Core i7-4930MX outputs less heat than Pentium Gold G6400 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-4930MX has more L2 cache than the Pentium Gold G6400. The Core i7-4930MX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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