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Pentium G3260 vs Core i7-8700


Description
The G3260 is based on Haswell architecture while the i7-8700 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the G3260 gets a score of 58.9 k points while the i7-8700 gets 310.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8700 is 5.3 times faster than the G3260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
906ea
Core
Haswell
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/2
6/12
TDP
53 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
12288 kB
Date
March 2015
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
30.56k points
75.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
58.89k points
388.95k 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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
11.73k
16.45k (x1.4)
Test#2 (FP)
10.45k
23.74k (x2.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.55k
6.24k (x1.37)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.83k
13.43k (x3.51)
TOTAL
30.56k
59.86k (x1.96)

Multithread

G3260

i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
22.99k
100.94k (x4.39)
Test#2 (FP)
20.53k
159.09k (x7.75)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.82k
43.61k (x4.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.55k
6.59k (x1.01)
TOTAL
58.89k
310.23k (x5.27)

Performance/W
G3260
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
434 points/W
1553 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
387 points/W
2447 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
166 points/W
671 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
124 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
1111 points/W
4773 points/W

Performance/GHz
G3260
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
3555 points/GHz
3577 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3165 points/GHz
5160 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1380 points/GHz
1357 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1161 points/GHz
2921 points/GHz
TOTAL
9261 points/GHz
13014 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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