Intel Core i7-2600S vs Intel Pentium G640

Intel Core i7-2600S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600S
Intel Pentium G640
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Pentium G640

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    204%
  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    142%
  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    266%
  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600S

Much higher single threaded performance (around 42% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 166% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 104% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G640

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Intel Core i7-2600S

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600S

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-2600S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600S

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading AES-NI
AES-NI

Architecture

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2011vsJun 2012

Cores

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA10
Die Size216mm²vs131mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-2600SIntel Pentium G640
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    3800 points
  • Intel Pentium G640
    2800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    13440 points
  • Intel Pentium G640
    5600 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    9253
  • Intel Pentium G640
    3320

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    2754
  • Intel Pentium G640
    1896

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    129
  • Intel Pentium G640 (simulated)
    92.32

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    505.65
  • Intel Pentium G640 (simulated)
    199.39

points - higher is better