Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2020 and belongs to the 10 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Gold G6600, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1200 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium G6000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 10

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 is 4.2 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 4
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 4.2 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 uses the Intel HD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 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 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.1 GHz
Execution units: 24
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 64.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q2/2016

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): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 128.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2666
Max. Memory: 128.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 42.7 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 58 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): 58 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 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 4.0 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 1200
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Comet Lake S
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2020
Release price: 103 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
4400
4400
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
4400
4400
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
4400
4400
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
4400
4400
Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
4400
4400

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
2416
2416
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
2415
2415
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
2415
2415
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
2415
2415
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
2411
2411

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
1977
1977
Intel Core i5-3340
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
1977
1977
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
1977
1977
Intel Core i5-3340
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
1977
1977
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
1977
1977

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 2.2 GHz
1082
1082
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
1082
1082
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
1082
1082
Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
1082
1082
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1082
1082

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
916
916
Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
916
916
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
916
916
Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
916
916
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
916
916

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
447
447
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 2.8 GHz
446
446
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
437
437
Intel Core i3-7300
2C 4T @ 4.0 GHz
436
436
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
6C 6T @ 2.7 GHz
433
433

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 1.1 GHz
434
434
Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
433
433
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
433
433
Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
433
433
Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
431
431

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
422
422
Intel Core i5-7600T
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
422
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
422
422
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
422
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.3 GHz
422
422

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
176
176
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
4C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
176
176
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.2 GHz
176
176
Intel Core i7-8700T
6C 12T @ 2.4 GHz
176
176
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 3.6 GHz
176
176