Intel Pentium G4600 vs Intel Core i3-6100

Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    111%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    122%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4600

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% 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).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Pentium G4600

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G4600

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
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
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateJan 2017vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Sizeunknownvs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    4320 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    153.43
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    393.23
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better