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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6700 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-6700 is 394 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i7-6700 - $51.36 vs $135.0
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i7-6700 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Performs up to 9% better in Valorant than Pentium G3258 - 763 vs 697 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Intel Boxed Core I7-6700 FC-LGA14C 3.40 GHz 8 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I76700
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Single-Core
613
47.409126063418405%
Multi-Core
1074
25.94202898550725%
Intel Pentium G3258 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2nd, 2014 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G3258 or Core i7-6700
Valorant, 1920 x 1080, High
517 FPS
$1.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-6700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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433 FPS
$1.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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461 FPS
$1.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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