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Pentium G3420 vs Core i7-8700

Pentium G3420 vs Core i7-8700: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 1583 days newer than Pentium G3420.

Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700 - 53 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700

  • Performs up to 3100% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium G3420 - 32 vs 1 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 12 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Cities: Skylines II.
Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

1

3.125%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


FPS

32

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£141.83

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £141.83 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 297 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

584

38.59881031064111%

Multi-Core

981

16.613039796782388%

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


Single-Core

1513

100%

Multi-Core

5905

100%

Intel Pentium G3420

vs

Intel Core i7-8700

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Jan 1st, 2018
PentiumCollectionCore i7
HaswellCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1150SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.6 GHz
53 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
14 nm
32.0xMultiplier32.0x
Intel HD (Haswell)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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