Pentium Gold G4620: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium Gold G4620 sales 3 January 2017 at a recommended price of $93. Based on a Kaby Lake architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA-1151 processor with a TDP of 51 Watt. It supports DDR3L-1600 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$93	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$70 (0.8x MSRP)	of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Detailed specifications

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	4
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	512 KB	of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	3 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G4620 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 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
TSX	+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G4620's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Gold G4620.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
PCI Express lanes	16	of 128 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Gold G4620. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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