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Intel Pentium G4600 Benchmark, Test and specs

Name: Intel Pentium G4600
Brand: Intel
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Pentium G4600 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1151 socket and was released in Q1/2017. The Intel Pentium G4600 scores 958 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,127 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Pentium G4600
Family:	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group:	Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
Architecture:	Kaby Lake S
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Pentium Gold G5600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G4600 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G4600 is 3.60 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium G4600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium G4600 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):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2016

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	51 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G4600 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1151
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
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:	Q1/2017
Release price:	71 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium G4600
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium G4600 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	795
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505T 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	788
	Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	788
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	786
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	784
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	780
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	778

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1680
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1680
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1679
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1675
	Intel Core i5-2400S 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1618
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1586
	Intel Core i5-2300 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1580

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	963
	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	961
	Intel Core i3-10100E 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	960
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	958
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	956
	Intel Core i5-6685R 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	951
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	950

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron G6900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2140
	Intel Core i7-930 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2134
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2134
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2127
	Intel Core i7-870 4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz	2124
	Intel Core i7-875K 4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz	2124
	AMD FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	2091

Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 1200 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	333
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	331
	Intel Core i7-5820K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	329
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	327
	Intel Celeron G5905 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	326
	Intel Core i5-4460 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	325
	Intel Core i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	321

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon X3440 4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz	885
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	863
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	854
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	838
	AMD FX-6200 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	836
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	824
	AMD FX-8100 8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	796

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-6500 AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432
	AMD A8-6600K AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432
	AMD FX-7500 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.55 GHz	425
	Intel Pentium G4600 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i5-7500 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i5-7600T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i5-7500T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD FX-7500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3616
	AMD A8-5500B 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3615
	Intel Core i5-4460T 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	3615
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3602
	Intel Core i3-4360 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3592
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3592
	Intel Core i3-4170 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3585

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i3-6100 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1045
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1044
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1040
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1021
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1021
	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1019
	Intel Core i3-4170 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1003

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	156
	Intel Core i5-6685R 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	156
	Intel Core i5-8600T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	156
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	155
	Intel Core i5-9500T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	155
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	155
	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	155

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	401
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	397
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	395
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	392
	Intel Core i3-6100 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	392
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	388
	Intel Core i3-4370 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	387

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,886 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,820 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
613 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
744 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,110 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,106 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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