Intel Core i3-7300T vs Intel Pentium G4520

Intel Core i3-7300T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7300T
Intel Pentium G4520
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Pentium G4520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    112%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    102%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    128%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7300T

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4520

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i3-7300T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-7300T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateFeb 2017vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs65°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-7300TIntel Pentium G4520
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    4200 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    10080 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    8280 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-7300T (simulated)
    149.17
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    153

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-7300T (simulated)
    382.31
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    297.82

points - higher is better