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Pentium G3260 vs A9 9420


Description
The G3260 is based on Haswell architecture while the 9420 is based on Excavator.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the G3260 gets a score of 58.9 k points while the 9420 gets 28.9 k points.

Summarizing, the G3260 is 2 times faster than the 9420. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
670f00
Core
Haswell
Stoney Ridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
LGA1150
Micro-BGA
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
53 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
96+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
1024 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
0 kB
Date
March 2015
April 2017
Mean monothread perf.
30.56k points
33.09k points
Mean multithread perf.
58.89k points
46.33k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
G3260
9420
Test#1 (Integers)
11.73k
8.41k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
10.45k
11.48k (x1.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.55k
3.29k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.83k
2.24k (x0.58)
TOTAL
30.56k
25.41k (x0.83)

Multithread

G3260

9420
Test#1 (Integers)
22.99k
11.25k (x0.49)
Test#2 (FP)
20.53k
13.69k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.82k
2.09k (x0.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.55k
1.87k (x0.29)
TOTAL
58.89k
28.89k (x0.49)

Performance/W
G3260
9420
Test#1 (Integers)
434 points/W
750 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
387 points/W
912 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
166 points/W
139 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
124 points/W
125 points/W
TOTAL
1111 points/W
1926 points/W

Performance/GHz
G3260
9420
Test#1 (Integers)
3555 points/GHz
2336 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3165 points/GHz
3188 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1380 points/GHz
913 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1161 points/GHz
621 points/GHz
TOTAL
9261 points/GHz
7058 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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