cpu-recommended A Processor comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Celeron G1610T: Processor: Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2GB Internal SD-CARD + 64GB C300-CTFDDAC064M, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Intel Core i3-3225: Processor: Intel Core i3-3225 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2GB Internal SD-CARD + 64GB C300-CTFDDAC064M, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 G3258: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HDT72103 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-6 + 500GB HD-PVRU2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 97.57 |================================================= Intel Core i3-3225 ... 65.01 |================================= G3258 ................ 55.53 |============================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 40.26 |================================================= Intel Core i3-3225 ... 22.05 |=========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 985.26 |=========================== Intel Core i3-3225 ... 1392.34 |======================================= G3258 ................ 1695.62 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 740.57 |================================ Intel Core i3-3225 ... 1039.67 |============================================ G3258 ................ 1102.62 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 327.94 |=============================== Intel Core i3-3225 ... 470.21 |============================================ G3258 ................ 508.70 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 168.46 |==================================== Intel Core i3-3225 ... 209.79 |============================================= G3258 ................ 224.98 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 1233.31 |================================ Intel Core i3-3225 ... 1723.37 |============================================= G3258 ................ 1806.71 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 1284.10 |============================== Intel Core i3-3225 ... 1806.85 |========================================== G3258 ................ 2011.52 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Celeron G1610T . 689.04 |================================= Intel Core i3-3225 ... 988.11 |================================================ G3258 ................ 961.19 |===============================================