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: 21.09

Overall Rank:
3932nd fastest in multithreading out of 5535 CPUs
2932nd fastest in single threading out of 5535 CPUs
1121st fastest in out of 1487 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1492

Single Thread Rating

1375

Samples: 471*
*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	5,908 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,175 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,759 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	302.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,482 KBytes/Sec
Physics	181 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,002 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,375 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of January 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of January 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of January 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,485
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,329
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,946
Apple M4 10 Core		23,707
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,569
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,095
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,492

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of January 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		176.82
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		143.71
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.26
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.32
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.02
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		64.42
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		21.09
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M4 10 Core		4,518
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,887
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,375

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3109061 - Dec 05 2025		1632
BL3103706 - Dec 03 2025		1676
BL3100527 - Dec 02 2025		1659
BL3097800 - Dec 01 2025		1678
BL3097773 - Dec 01 2025		1546

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz
As of 21st of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		1,492
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G860		1,337 (-10.4%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,457 (-2.3%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,439 (-3.5%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,354 (-9.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs Intel Pentium G860		1,202 (-19.4%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,190 (-20.2%)
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,513 (+1.4%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G860		1,427 (-4.4%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,680 (+12.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Pentium G860		1,384 (-7.3%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		1,071 (-28.2%)
AMD A4-3300 APU vs Intel Pentium G860		962 (-35.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,124
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,792
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,407
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,261
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,170
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,739
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,457
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz		305

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