Intel Pentium G4560 vs Intel Core i7-2600

Intel Pentium G4560
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4560
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600
    124%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    115%
  • Intel Core i7-2600
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600
    162%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4560

15% higher single threaded performance.
44 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-2600

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
TXT
VT-d
Hyper-Threading AES-NI

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2017vsJan 2011

Cores

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 610vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp65°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4560Intel Core i7-2600
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    4200 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    10080 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    377
  • Intel Core i7-2600 (simulated)
    614

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560 (simulated)
    149.17
  • Intel Core i7-2600 (simulated)
    129

points - higher is better