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: 21.59

Overall Rank:
3996th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
2962nd fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1147th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1460

Single Thread Rating

1369

Samples: 107*
*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	6,064 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,090 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,603 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	284.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,885 KBytes/Sec
Physics	173 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,020 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,369 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of February 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 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,457
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,698
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,576
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,460

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		21.59
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
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 G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,369

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3268349 - Feb 06 2026		1730
BL3266244 - Feb 05 2026		1730
BL3265184 - Feb 05 2026		592
BL3263737 - Feb 04 2026		878
BL3263615 - Feb 04 2026		661

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		1,460
AMD A6-5400K APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,282 (-12.2%)
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,515 (+3.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Pentium G870		1,384 (-5.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G870		1,337 (-8.5%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,702 (+16.5%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,532 (+4.9%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,494 (+2.3%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,459 (-0.1%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs Intel Pentium G870		1,439 (-1.5%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G870		1,356 (-7.2%)
AMD A6-9500E vs Intel Pentium G870		1,756 (+20.2%)
AMD PRO A6-9500E vs Intel Pentium G870		1,689 (+15.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,385
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,181
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz		296

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