Pentium Gold G4620 vs Pentium G4600

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1689not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.32no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$87$93
Current price$84 (1x MSRP)$70 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 basic parameters such as 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus supportno data8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)3 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 630
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium Gold G4620.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Pros & cons summary


Cost $87 $93

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