Intel Pentium G850 vs Intel Core i3-4130

Intel Pentium G850
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2011
Intel Pentium G850
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i3-4130

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    155%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    142%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    167%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G850

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4130

Much higher single threaded performance (around 42% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 67% 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 55% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4130

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4130

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-4130

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4130

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G850Intel Core i3-4130
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.
AVX
AVX2
EIST
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Pentium G850Intel Core i3-4130
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateMay 2011vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Pentium G850Intel Core i3-4130
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

Intel Pentium G850Intel Core i3-4130
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 G850Intel Core i3-4130
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G850Intel Core i3-4130
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G850
    2900 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    3808 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G850
    5800 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    9139 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G850
    3645
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    6241

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G850
    2105
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    2955

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G850 (simulated)
    95.62
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    137.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G850 (simulated)
    206.52
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    340

points - higher is better