Intel Pentium G640 vs Intel Core i5-3330

Intel Pentium G640
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Pentium G640
Intel Core i5-3330
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i5-3330

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    190%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    136%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    243%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G640

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3330

Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 143% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 90% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3330

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3330

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3330

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3330

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
VT-d

Architecture

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs133mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G640Intel Core i5-3330
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G640
    2800 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    3296 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G640
    5600 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    12360 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G640
    3320
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    8090

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G640
    1896
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    2594

points - higher is better