Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs Intel Core i7-980

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Core i7-980
Intel Socket 1366DESKTOP
3333 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2011
Intel Core i7-980

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6600

72 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-980.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-980

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-980

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-980

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Westmere
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameComet LakevsGulftown
Release DateApr 2020vsJun 2011

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
Cores2vs6
Threads4vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 1366
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs239mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Core i7-980
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs3333 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.3 V
TDP58 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i7-980
    2880 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    12096 points
  • Intel Core i7-980
    15998 points

Points - higher is better