Intel Core i7-3687U vs Intel Pentium G3250T

Intel Core i7-3687U
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
2100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Core i7-3687U
Intel Pentium G3250T
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Pentium G3250T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3687U
    109%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3687U
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    105%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-3687U
    125%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3687U

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 25% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250T

5% higher single threaded performance.
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 i7-3687U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3687U

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2013vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-BGA12FvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size118mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-3687UIntel Pentium G3250T
Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3300 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP17 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3687U
    3399 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    3136 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-3687U
    5191 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T
    6272 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3687U (simulated)
    107.25
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)
    113.56

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-3687U (simulated)
    259.35
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)
    207

points - higher is better