Intel Pentium G630 vs Intel Pentium G3460

Intel Pentium G630
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
Intel Pentium G630
Intel Pentium G3460
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Pentium G3460

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3460
    147%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3460
    159%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3460
    134%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G630

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3460

Much higher single threaded performance (around 59% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 34% 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 47% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium G3460

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G3460

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium G3460

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G3460

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G630Intel Pentium G3460
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Pentium G630Intel Pentium G3460
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2011vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium G630Intel Pentium G3460
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Pentium G630Intel Pentium G3460
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 G630Intel Pentium G3460
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G630Intel Pentium G3460
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G630
    2700 points
  • Intel Pentium G3460
    3920 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G630
    5400 points
  • Intel Pentium G3460
    7840 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
    89.03
  • Intel Pentium G3460 (simulated)
    141.94

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
    192.27
  • Intel Pentium G3460 (simulated)
    258.75

points - higher is better