Intel Pentium G620 vs Intel Core i3-4360

Intel Pentium G620
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2011
Intel Pentium G620
Intel Core i3-4360
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2014
Intel Core i3-4360

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G620
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4360
    187%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G620
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4360
    174%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G620
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4360
    199%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G620

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4360

Much higher single threaded performance (around 74% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 99% 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 87% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4360

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4360

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-4360

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4360

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G620Intel Core i3-4360
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
AVX2
Hyper-Threading
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Pentium G620Intel Core i3-4360
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateMay 2011vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium G620Intel Core i3-4360
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Pentium G620Intel Core i3-4360
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 G620Intel Core i3-4360
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G620Intel Core i3-4360
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G620
    2600 points
  • Intel Core i3-4360
    4144 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G620
    5200 points
  • Intel Core i3-4360
    9945 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G620 (simulated)
    85.73
  • Intel Core i3-4360 (simulated)
    149.9

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G620 (simulated)
    185.15
  • Intel Core i3-4360 (simulated)
    370

points - higher is better