- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Features How it compares
- Our Analysis Technical breakdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Intel Pentium G860
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Released July, 2011
Rated 100% by by Owen-B. (Jan, 2013)Grouped with this Pentium G860, 16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM, PNY's Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti, Intel 330 Series SSD, and a Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H motherboard, I am able to play Far Cry 3 on Ulra settings.
Conclusion Check out the Intel Pentium G860
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| Core i3 2100 |
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit and GeekBench | |||
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) | |||
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| Ingredients: Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more | |||
 | Value | ||
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |||
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| Ingredients: Performance Per Dollar | |||
| 7.3 CPUBoss Score |
Performance Real world tests of Intel Pentium G860
Features Key features of the Intel Pentium G860
clock speed
Pentium G860 by ridethenami (Aug, 2012)If you need the fastest processor with 4 cores, turbo, and the ability to overclock, you may want to look elsewhere.
Pentium G860 by H.-Oliver (Mar, 2013)I did a cheap upgrade to my computer this year, and this was the best performance for the dollar, it runs like a top and meets my needs well.
L2 cache
Pentium G860 by Steve-C.-Michalski--Stevix© (Jan, 2013)Hey it is still a Dual-Core Sandy Bridge with a 3 mb Cache.
gpu clock speed
Pentium G860 by Nicholas-Gosey--platypi007 (Jan, 2013)In fact, the only fan I hear most of the time in this system is the GPU can.
Pentium G860 by HappyCamperThis integrated GPU can easily max out Call of Duty 4 with no AA and run at 30-40 FPS and it plays Minecraft on full settings with a 128x128 texture pack at 45 FPS.
overclocked clock speed (air)
Pentium G860 by Nicholas-Gosey--platypi007 (Jan, 2013)The only drawbacks I can think of are that it is only a dual core chip and it is not overclockable.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Supplemental SSE3 -
Built-in -
LGA 1155 -
850 MHz -
A separate graphics adapter is not required -
13.88 pt/$ -
1.5 MB/core
cons
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3,174 -
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Jul, 2011
Reviews Word on the street
 |   Rated by 32 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Nicholas-Gosey--platypi007 (Jan, 2013) Rated 100% by by Owen-B. (Jan, 2013) Rated 100% by by Nicholas-Gosey--platypi007 (Jan, 2013) |
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Socket Type
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by dav (Jan, 2013)I got mine for around $68 bucks but I have seen it fluctuate as low as $60 but as high as $100.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by ridethenami (Aug, 2012)I was on a tight budget though, and for $85 this processor has been amazingly snappy.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Chris-Game (Dec, 2012)Paired with the usual and an AMD HD 7770 I'm able to max out all games (even Far Cry 3) at 1600x900.
Socket
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by HappyCamperIt runs at about 25C using the stock cooler and will go up to 36C at full load still running silent however.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Facelord (Dec, 2012)This would've been fine and dandy if that was just going toward hardware, but I also had to purchase a copy of Windows 8 so my hardware budget was closer to $500.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 60% by by icedearth15324 (Nov, 2012)$70 for a 3.0GHz dual-core CPU, it definitely was good for the price.
Applications
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Mack (Mar, 2013)I bought this CPU for my first built, a budget gaming rig (that I am using at the moment).
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by dav (Jan, 2013)I recently built my first gaming PC and the most difficult part of the process wasn't the actual building part but choosing the right and best parts!
Gaming
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Chippies (Jan, 2013)For the price, you truly get excellent gaming performance.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by ridethenami (Aug, 2012)I get great boot/loading times and even the occasional game runs fairly well.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by dav (Jan, 2013)Of course, performance had to be good enough for a gaming PC too.
Performance
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Donald-Owens (Jan, 2013)I purchased this processor because first, it was not a high end item and after installing this processor I found it to very stable.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by G-Loucks (Jan, 2013)I spent a little bit more, but I do not share system memory for video and I get just a bit better video performance.
Intel Pentium G860 | Rated 100% by by Doc-Goodbyte--Doc (Nov, 2012)Only has a WEI of 6.8 but in Gaming its performance is stellar.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Intel Core i3 3220 OK 3DMark11 physics score Core i3 3220 vs Pentium G860 |
 | 2 | Intel Core i3 2100 Low idle power consumption Core i3 2100 vs Pentium G860 |
 | 3 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 High clock speed AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Intel Pentium G860 |
 | 4 | AMD Athlon II X4 640 OK 3DMark06 CPU score AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Pentium G860 |
 | 5 | Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Lots of l2 cache Core2 Duo E8400 vs Pentium G860 |
 | 6 | Intel Pentium G2020 Good performance per dollar G2020 vs G860 |
 | 7 | Intel Pentium G2120 4-way tie: Latest manufacturing process G2120 vs G860 |
 | 8 | Intel Celeron G1610 4-way tie: Latest manufacturing process Celeron G1610 vs Pentium G860 |
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Popular Questions
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