Intel Pentium G630: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium G630 sales 4 September 2011 at a recommended price of $100. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.7 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1155 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Pentium G630 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	2429
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.06
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	4 September 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$100	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$43 (0.4x MSRP)	of 17802 (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 cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	504 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G630 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 configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium G630. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+
AVX	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
FDI	+
Fast Memory Access	+
Status	Discontinued

Security technologies

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

TXT	-
EDB	+

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 G630's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium G630.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-
Clear Video HD	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz
InTru 3D	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G630's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

2.0

of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium G630. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Pentium G630 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

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