Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G860 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 G860 @ 3.00GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G860 @ 3.00GHz, Intel Pentium CPU G860 @ 3.00GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 21.13

Overall Rank:
3571st fastest in multithreading out of 5118 CPUs
2649th fastest in single threading out of 5118 CPUs
1079th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $70.73 USD (2025-03-30)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1495

Single Thread Rating

1382

Samples: 452*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,658
Thread: 1,551

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz

Integer Math	5,923 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,239 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,823 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	305.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,769 KBytes/Sec
Physics	184 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	970 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,382 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$70.73 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,703
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,710
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,661
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,495

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.76
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.64
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		21.13
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i5-12400F		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,382

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2607788 - May 07 2025		1043
BL2597333 - May 02 2025		1699
BL2549014 - Apr 12 2025		1573
BL2463733 - Mar 07 2025		1676
BL2461524 - Mar 06 2025		1676

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,495
AMD A6-3500 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,438 (-3.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs Intel Pentium G860		1,202 (-19.6%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,132 (-24.3%)
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,512 (+1.2%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,388 (-7.2%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,662 (+11.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Pentium G860		1,355 (-9.4%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,089 (-27.1%)
AMD A4-3300 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		957 (-36.0%)
AMD PRO A6-9500 vs Intel Pentium G860		1,784 (+19.4%)
AMD PRO A6-9500E vs Intel Pentium G860		1,689 (+13.0%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,561 (+4.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,465
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,320
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,846
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,594
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,286
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,811
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,682
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,538
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,447
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,413
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		308

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