Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Pentium G3258

Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Pentium G3258
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2014
Intel Pentium G3258

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    110%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    142%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    133%
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3258

Much higher single threaded performance (around 42% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
41 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-2300

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2011vsJun 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3258
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3100 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    3100 points
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    11200 points
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    7168 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7464
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    5756

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2470
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    4126

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7526
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    7412

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2438
  • Intel Pentium G3258
    3223

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    102.22
  • Intel Pentium G3258 (simulated)
    129.78

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    398.79
  • Intel Pentium G3258 (simulated)
    236.57

points - higher is better