Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G840 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1155

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G840 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 14.50

Overall Rank:
4353rd fastest in multithreading out of 6040 CPUs
3439th fastest in single threading out of 6040 CPUs
1225th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $91.54 USD (2026-07-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1328

Single Thread Rating

1244

Samples: 247*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,477
Thread: 1,457

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	5,219 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,854 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,348 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	272.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,399 KBytes/Sec
Physics	175 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	906 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,244 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,196
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,065
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,573
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,328

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.79
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		110.61
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		103.82
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.46
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		14.50
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,492
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,244

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3549182 - Jun 26 2026		1532
BL3549131 - Jun 26 2026		1401
BL3492451 - May 27 2026		1593
BL3492215 - May 27 2026		1101
BL3387207 - Mar 31 2026		1450

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,328
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,245 (-6.3%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium G840		1,075 (-19.0%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,497 (+12.8%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,496 (+12.7%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,329 (+0.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs Intel Pentium G840		1,202 (-9.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,345 (+1.3%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,104 (-16.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs Intel Pentium G840		1,079 (-18.7%)
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G840		1,495 (+12.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,417 (+6.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,338 (+0.8%)

Is the Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,435
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,520
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,387
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,510
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,379
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,052
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		287

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