Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Core i7-3940XM
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i7-3940XM

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    169%
  • Intel Core i7-3940XM
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    169%
  • Intel Core i7-3940XM
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 69% 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 69% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3940XM

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-3940XM

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3940XM

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
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
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameComet LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateApr 2020vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFC-PGA12F
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-3940XM
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i7-3940XM
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    12096 points
  • Intel Core i7-3940XM
    14832 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (simulated)
    233.63
  • Intel Core i7-3940XM (simulated)
    137.72

points - higher is better