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Intel Pentium G3258

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Much lower typical power consumption 43.06W vs 68.25W More than 35% lower typical power consumption
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 46.43 $/year vs 73.58 $/year More than 35% lower annual commercial energy cost
Much lower annual home energy cost 12.77 $/year vs 20.24 $/year More than 35% lower annual home energy cost
Newer Apr, 2014 vs Apr, 2013 Release date a year later
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More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
More threads 4 vs 2 Twice as many threads
Much better turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz vs 1,100 MHz Around 10% better turbo clock speed
Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.48 GHz vs 4.42 GHz Almost the same
Slightly higher Maximum operating temperature 72.72 °C vs 72 °C Almost the same

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G3258 vs Core i5 4670K

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Pentium G3258
6.52 mHash/s
Core i5 4670K
16.37 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Pentium G3258
0.82 fps
Core i5 4670K
1.72 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G3258
2,785
Core i5 4670K
3,235

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G3258
1,872
Core i5 4670K
3,521

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G3258
3,707
Core i5 4670K
7,120

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G3258
5,897
Core i5 4670K
11,554

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G3258
3,241
Core i5 4670K
3,569

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G3258
231,200 MB/s
Core i5 4670K
4,930,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium G3258  vs
Core i5 4670K 
Clock speed 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Cores Dual core Quad core
Is unlocked Yes Yes

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 53W 84W
Annual home energy cost 12.77 $/year 20.24 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 46.43 $/year 73.58 $/year
Performance per watt 3.41 pt/W 11.19 pt/W
Typical power consumption 43.06W 68.25W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 DMI 2.0
Number of links 0 0
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Pentium G3258  vs
Core i5 4670K 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 2 4
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 72°C Unknown - 72.72°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 4.42 GHz 4.48 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.6 GHz 4.55 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 4,890.2 5,198.5
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.42 GHz 4.48 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 350 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz 1,200 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes No
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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Angelo Tinebra (03:42 AM, January 28, 2016)
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