Pentium N4200 vs Pentium G860

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G860
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.92
Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.36
+47.8%

Pentium N4200 outperforms Pentium G860 by a considerable 48% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25322246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.12no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium (Desktop)Intel Pentium
Power efficiency1.3421.44
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date4 September 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °C105 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 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
SocketFCLGA1155FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 505
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G860 and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 G860 0.92
Pentium N4200 1.36
+47.8%

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.

Pentium G860 1460
Pentium N4200 2165
+48.3%

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.

Pentium G860 432
+57.1%
Pentium N4200 275

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.

Pentium G860 719
Pentium N4200 723
+0.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium G860 3964
+140%
Pentium N4200 1653

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium G860 7695
+47.5%
Pentium N4200 5217

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium G860 3065
+16.3%
Pentium N4200 2636

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium G860 23.6
Pentium N4200 22.58
+4.5%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium G860 2
+12%
Pentium N4200 2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium G860 1.2
+84.6%
Pentium N4200 0.65

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pentium G860 0.2
Pentium N4200 1.4
+509%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pentium G860 1655
+75.3%
Pentium N4200 944

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium G860 13
+5.6%
Pentium N4200 12

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium G860 70
+17.2%
Pentium N4200 60

Geekbench 2

Pentium G860 5393
+36.4%
Pentium N4200 3954

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.92 1.36
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.93
Recency 4 September 2011 1 September 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium N4200 has a 47.8% higher aggregate performance score, 20.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G860 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G860 is a desktop processor while Pentium N4200 is a notebook one.


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