Intel Pentium G3470 vs G3258 |
Released January, 2015
Intel Pentium G3470
- 3.6 GHz
- Dual core
8.6 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G3470
 | Significantly higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | | Newer Jan, 2015 |
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Released April, 2014
Intel Pentium G3258
- 3.2 GHz
- Dual core
- Unlocked
8.7 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the G3258
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.42 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.6 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of G3470 vs G3258 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Newer | Jan, 2015 | vs | Apr, 2014 | Release date 9 months later | |||
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.42 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | Around 25% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.6 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G3470 vs G3258
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G3470 | vs | G3258 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 53W | 53W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 12.77 $/year | 12.77 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 46.43 $/year | 46.43 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.89 pt/W | 3.41 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 43.06W | 43.06W | |
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 G3470 | vs | G3258 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 72°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 4.42 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.6 GHz | 4.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.6 GHz | 4.42 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 350 MHz | 350 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3L-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3L-1333 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB | |
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