Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs Intel Core i3-7100

Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    137%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    137%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 37% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
SSE4.1
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateApr 2020vsFeb 2017

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 630

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1200vs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6500Intel Core i3-7100
Cpu Frequency4100 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    4920 points
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    4680 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    11808 points
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    11232 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500 (simulated)
    228.06
  • Intel Core i3-7100 (simulated)
    166.21

points - higher is better