Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs Intel Core i3-8100T

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Core i3-8100T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2018
Intel Core i3-8100T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    175%
  • Intel Core i3-8100T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    175%
  • Intel Core i3-8100T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 75% 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 75% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-8100T

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-8100T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-8100T

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
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
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsCoffee Lake
Release DateApr 2020vsApr 2018

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i3-8100T
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP58 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i3-8100T
    3720 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    12096 points
  • Intel Core i3-8100T
    14880 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (simulated)
    233.63
  • Intel Core i3-8100T (simulated)
    133.47

points - higher is better