Intel Pentium G4600 vs Intel Core i3-7100

Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    108%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4600

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100

8% higher single threaded performance.
8% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 8% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-7100

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-7100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-7100
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 i3-7100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateJan 2017vsFeb 2017

Cores

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-7100
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 630

Cache

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-7100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-7100
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i3-7100
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3900 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 i3-7100
    4680 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    11232 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    153.43
  • Intel Core i3-7100 (simulated)
    166.21

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    393.23
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    426

points - higher is better