Pentium Silver vs Arc G3
Aggregate performance score
G3 outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 913% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 501 | 2385 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 28.46 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Panther Lake (2026) | no data |
| Release date | 28 May 2026 (recently) | 1 July 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Arc G3 and Pentium Silver: number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 14 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 1.9 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.6 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 2.5 MB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 18 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Arc G3 and Pentium Silver compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | Intel BGA 2540 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Arc G3 and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Security technologies
Arc G3 and Pentium Silver technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Arc G3 and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Arc G3 and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | LPDDR5X | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Arc B370 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Arc G3 and Pentium Silver.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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