Intel Pentium G640 vs Intel Pentium G3250

Intel Pentium G640
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Pentium G640
Intel Pentium G3250
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Pentium G3250

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    129%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    140%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G640
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    118%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G640

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250

Much higher single threaded performance (around 40% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
18% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium G3250

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G3250

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G640Intel Pentium G3250
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Pentium G640Intel Pentium G3250
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJun 2012vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium G640Intel Pentium G3250
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Pentium G640Intel Pentium G3250
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 G640Intel Pentium G3250
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G640Intel Pentium G3250
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G640
    2800 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G640
    5600 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250
    7168 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G640 (simulated)
    92.32
  • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
    129.78

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G640 (simulated)
    199.39
  • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
    236.57

points - higher is better