Pentium G3260: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Pentium G3260
2015
2 cores / 2 threads
1.35

It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.35% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Intel started Pentium G3260 sales 1 January 2015. This is desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1150 processor with a TDP of 53 Watt. It supports DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 memory.

General info

Pentium G3260 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2115
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money1.36
Market segmentDesktop processor
Release date1 January 2015 (9 years old)
Current price$54 of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
L3 cache3 MBof 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature72 °Cof 110 (Core Ultra 7 165H)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3260 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketFCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)53 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
TSX-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP-
StatusDiscontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+
Secure Key+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d-
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium G3260's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size32 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium G3260.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory1.7 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3260's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3
eDP+
DisplayPort+
HDMI+
DVI+
VGA+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3260's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3260's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.1/12
OpenGL4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe versionUp to 3.0of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium G3260. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium G3260 1.35

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium G3260 2088

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium G3260 581

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium G3260 1001

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Pentium G3260 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium G3260 is Phenom II X4 820, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium G3260:

Pentium G3260 100
A6-3650 98.52

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium G3260, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium G3260 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2194 configurations based on Pentium G3260 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.5% (12/2194)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.09% (2/2194)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.09% (2/2194)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.09% (2/2194)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.05% (1/2194)
RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.05% (1/2194)
RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
0.05% (1/2194)
RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.05% (1/2194)
RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
0.09% (2/2194)
RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
0.05% (1/2194)

User Ratings

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