Intel Pentium G4620 vs Intel Core i7-2600S

Intel Pentium G4620
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4620
Intel Core i7-2600S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4620
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    103%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4620
    122%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4620
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    125%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4620

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600S

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 25% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-2600S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600S

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
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 G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2017vsJan 2011

Cores

Intel Pentium G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

Intel Pentium G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
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 G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp65°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4620Intel Core i7-2600S
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4620
    4440 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4620
    10656 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    13440 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4620 (simulated)
    157.69
  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4620 (simulated)
    404.15
  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    505.65

points - higher is better