Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G4600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz

Description: Intel HD Graphics 630

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1151

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 51 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G4600 @ 3.60GHz, Intel Pentium CPU G4600 @ 3.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 31.05

Overall Rank:
2672nd fastest in multithreading out of 5473 CPUs
1557th fastest in single threading out of 5473 CPUs
735th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $116.87 USD (2025-10-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3629

Single Thread Rating

2152

Samples: 566*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,000
Thread: 2,067

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz

Integer Math	12,414 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,796 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,069 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,366 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55,272 KBytes/Sec
Physics	319 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,573 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,152 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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	$116.87 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,544
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,368
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,536
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz		3,629

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		264.00
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.86
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.36
Intel Core i5-12400F		113.43
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.13
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz		31.05
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz		2,152

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3087635 - Nov 27 2025		3615
BL3029179 - Nov 05 2025		3873
BL3029000 - Nov 05 2025		3641
BL3010109 - Oct 28 2025		3785
BL3008497 - Oct 27 2025		3768

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz		3,629
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G4600		4,306 (+18.7%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,536 (-2.6%)
AMD PRO A8-9600 vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,318 (-8.5%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,649 (+0.6%)
AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,537 (-2.5%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,393 (-6.5%)
Intel Core i3-7300T @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Pentium G4600		4,145 (+14.2%)
AMD Athlon 200GE vs Intel Pentium G4600		4,105 (+13.1%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,576 (-1.5%)
AMD A12-9800E vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,416 (-5.9%)
AMD Athlon X4 840 vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,331 (-8.2%)
AMD A10-9700E vs Intel Pentium G4600		3,250 (-10.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,439
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,456
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,650
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,485
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,429
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz		511

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