Intel Pentium G3258 vs Intel Pentium G3420. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  5 5
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G3000 Intel Pentium G3000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  10 10
• Shader
  80 80
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q4/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium G3420 and Intel Pentium G3258. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G3258 and Intel Pentium G3420 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  53 W 54 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G3258 and Intel Pentium G3258, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Haswell S Haswell S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2013