Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G870 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.

Is the Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.1 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 G870 @ 3.10GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 22.97

Overall Rank:
3807th fastest in multithreading out of 5447 CPUs
2726th fastest in single threading out of 5447 CPUs
1093rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $67.64 USD (2025-03-30)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1554

Single Thread Rating

1454

Samples: 92*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,687
Thread: 1,591

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz

Integer Math	6,418 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,285 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,975 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	301.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	30,095 KBytes/Sec
Physics	187 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,055 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,454 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,565
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,416
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,518
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,116
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,554

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		265.57
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		22.97
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,603
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,454

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2875831 - Aug 31 2025		1749
BL2675586 - Jun 05 2025		1624
BL2658951 - May 29 2025		1121
BL2410053 - Feb 12 2025		1727
BL2309080 - Dec 29 2024		1719

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,554
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,514 (-2.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Pentium G870		1,355 (-12.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G870		1,333 (-14.2%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,702 (+9.5%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,532 (-1.4%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,481 (-4.7%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,444 (-7.1%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,439 (-7.4%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,352 (-13.0%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,279 (-17.7%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,189 (-23.5%)
AMD PRO A6-9500 vs Intel Pentium G870		1,873 (+20.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,414
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,135
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,497
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,498
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,487
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		318

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