Intel Pentium G3460 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium G3460 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2014 and belongs to the 5 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium G3460, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1150 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium G3460
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium G3000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G3460 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G3460 is 3.5 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.5 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium G3460 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium G3460 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1), which has 80 texture shaders and 10 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.1 GHz
Execution units: 10
Shaders: 80
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Release date: Q4/2012

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1600
Max. Memory: 32.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 25.6 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 53 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 53 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G3460 is manufactured using a 14 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 3.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1150
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 3.0 MB
Architecture: Haswell S
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q3/2014
Release price: 82 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
5124
5124
AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
5086
5086
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
5054
5054
Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
5049
5049
Intel Pentium G4400T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
5049
5049

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
2906
2906
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
2894
2894
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
2860
2860
Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
2857
2857
Intel Pentium G4400T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
2857
2857

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550s
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
2202
2202
AMD A8-4555M
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
2198
2198
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
2191
2191
AMD Phenom II X2 B59
2C 2T @ 3.4 GHz
2188
2188
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
2188
2188

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
1583
1583
Intel Core i5-7Y54
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
1583
1583
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
1546
1546
Intel Celeron G5900T
2C 2T @ 3.2 GHz
1545
1545
Intel Core i3-2130
2C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
1543
1543

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 0.9 GHz
1482
1482
Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
1439
1439
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
1402
1402
Intel Core i7-870S
4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz
1391
1391
Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 1.3 GHz
1390
1390

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon D-2183IT
16C 32T @ 2.2 GHz
793
793
Intel Xeon D-1732TE
8C 16T @ 1.9 GHz
786
786
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
785
785
AMD EPYC 7251
8C 16T @ 2.1 GHz
783
783
Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
783
783

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
737
737
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
732
732
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
732
732
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
732
732
Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
731
731

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-5157U
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
263
263
Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
263
263
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
263
263
AMD Phenom II X4 910
4C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
263
263
Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
263
263

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
176
176
Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
176
176
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
176
176
Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
176
176
Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
176
176

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron G5900T
2C 2T @ 3.2 GHz
137
137
Intel Celeron G5900E
2C 2T @ 3.2 GHz
137
137
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
137
137
Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
137
137
Intel Core i3-4330
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
137
137

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
16.2
16.2
Intel Pentium G3250T
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
16.2
16.2
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
16.2
16.2
Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
16.2
16.2
Intel Pentium G3250T
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
16.2
16.2

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
3.0
3.0
Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
2.9
2.9
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
2.9
2.9
Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
2.9
2.9
AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
2.9
2.9

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-6360U
2C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1.5
1.5
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
10C 20T @ 1.8 GHz
1.5
1.5
Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.5 GHz
1.5
1.5
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
10C 20T @ 1.8 GHz
1.5
1.5
AMD EPYC 7301
16C 32T @ 2.2 GHz
1.5
1.5