Intel Pentium G860 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium G860 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q3/2011. The Intel Pentium G860 scores 611 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,115 points.
Intel Pentium G860

At a glance

Name: Intel Pentium G860
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium G800 (2)
Architecture: Sandy Bridge S
Technology: 32 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G860 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G860 is 3.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium G860 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium G860 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 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 (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 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): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333
17.1 GB/s
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 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): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G860 is made in 32 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: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q3/2011
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium G860 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 Core i3-550 Intel Core i3-550
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
505
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
504
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
502
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
500
Intel Core i3-3240T Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
496
Intel Celeron G1820 Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
496
Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
495

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 G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
892
Intel Core i3-530 Intel Core i3-530
2C 4T @ 2.93 GHz
890
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
886
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
882
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
861
Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
847
Intel Celeron G1820 Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
842

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 Core i7-2655LE Intel Core i7-2655LE
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
614
Intel Core i7-980 Intel Core i7-980
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
614
AMD FX-9370 AMD FX-9370
8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
613
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
611
Intel Xeon D-1537 Intel Xeon D-1537
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
610
Intel Celeron G1850 Intel Celeron G1850
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
607
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
607

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 Core i3-2100T Intel Core i3-2100T
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1128
AMD Phenom II X4 925 AMD Phenom II X4 925
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1126
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1124
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1115
AMD Athlon II X4 610e AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1115
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1112
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
1108

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.
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-3570S Intel Core i5-3570S
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-3570T Intel Core i5-3570T
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2115C Intel Core i3-2115C
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2130
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106

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.
Intel Core i3-2100T Intel Core i3-2100T
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1492
Intel Core i3-530 Intel Core i3-530
2C 4T @ 2.93 GHz
1478
Intel Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
1465
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1455
AMD Athlon II X3 415e AMD Athlon II X3 415e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
1440
Intel Celeron G1820TE Intel Celeron G1820TE
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1435
AMD A4-6300 AMD A4-6300
2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz
1429

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 Celeron G1840 Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
585
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
583
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
575
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
574
Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
569
AMD Phenom II X4 945 AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
564
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz
563

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