Intel Pentium G3220 vs Intel Core i5-6600

Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    222%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    147%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    296%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3220

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6600.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 47% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 196% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 122% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6600

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3
AVX
AVX2
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameHaswellvsSkylake
Release DateSep 2013vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Haswell)vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size177mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i5-6600
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP54 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    3360 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    6720 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    15180 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4272
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    11527

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2603
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    3970

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4702
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    12482

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2402
  • Intel Core i5-6600
    3709

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    121.67
  • Intel Core i5-6600 (simulated)
    165.75

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    221.79
  • Intel Core i5-6600 (simulated)
    787.29

points - higher is better