Intel Pentium vs. Haswell Core On Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Pentium G3258: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel Device 041e (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 44.57 |============================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 44.54 |============================ Core i3 4130 ........... 54.75 |================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 72.19 |============================================= Core i7 4770K .......... 75.12 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 0.83 |================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 0.71 |============================= Core i3 4130 ........... 0.97 |======================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 1.16 |================================================ Core i7 4770K .......... 1.12 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34.3 AVG: 53.8 MAX: 58.9 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 37.1 AVG: 62.3 MAX: 69.6 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 34.6 AVG: 56.4 MAX: 62.6 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 62.1 MAX: 69.2 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 36.2 AVG: 67.2 MAX: 75.7 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 24.66 |============================ Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 24.59 |============================ Core i3 4130 ........... 31.15 |==================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 39.46 |============================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 40.71 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 0.43 |=================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 0.38 |=============================== Core i3 4130 ........... 0.51 |========================================= Core i5 4670 ........... 0.59 |================================================ Core i7 4770K .......... 0.55 |============================================= Xonotic 0.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34 AVG: 57 MAX: 59 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 37 AVG: 64 MAX: 70 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 34 AVG: 61 MAX: 66 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 34 AVG: 67 MAX: 73 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 36 AVG: 74 MAX: 84 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 1959.30 |============================================= Core i3 4130 ........... 1619.10 |===================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 1817.84 |========================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 1874.89 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 32.62 |============================================ Core i3 4130 ........... 34.55 |=============================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 34.57 |=============================================== Core i7 4770K .......... 31.75 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34.1 AVG: 34.2 MAX: 34.2 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 37.2 AVG: 60.1 MAX: 66.0 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 33.5 AVG: 46.9 MAX: 50.0 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 34.2 AVG: 52.6 MAX: 57.7 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 59.0 MAX: 62.4 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 200.00 |============================================== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 155.82 |==================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 159.26 |===================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 90.19 |===================== Core i7 4770K .......... 73.25 |================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... 0.29 |========== Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 0.54 |================== Core i3 4130 ........... 0.39 |============= Core i5 4670 ........... 0.91 |=============================== Core i7 4770K .......... 1.41 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34 AVG: 57 MAX: 59 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 38 AVG: 85 MAX: 88 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 34 AVG: 62 MAX: 64 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 35 AVG: 82 MAX: 89 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 36 AVG: 103 MAX: 115 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 40.31 |=============================================== Core i3 4130 ........... 36.90 |=========================================== Core i5 4670 ........... 19.02 |====================== Core i7 4770K .......... 16.94 |==================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . 1.87 |================ Core i3 4130 ........... 1.52 |============= Core i5 4670 ........... 3.88 |================================= Core i7 4770K .......... 5.65 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34 AVG: 34 MAX: 34 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 37 AVG: 75 MAX: 80 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 34 AVG: 56 MAX: 61 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 35 AVG: 74 MAX: 84 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 37 AVG: 96 MAX: 107 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Pentium G3258 .......... MIN: 34 AVG: 55 MAX: 59 Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz . MIN: 37 AVG: 68 MAX: 88 Core i3 4130 ........... MIN: 33 AVG: 58 MAX: 66 Core i5 4670 ........... MIN: 34 AVG: 66 MAX: 89 Core i7 4770K .......... MIN: 35 AVG: 76 MAX: 115