Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G840 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.
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Is the Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1155

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G840 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 21.74

Overall Rank:
3503rd fastest in multithreading out of 4854 CPUs
2649th fastest in single threading out of 4854 CPUs
1074th fastest in out of 1382 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $57.64 USD (2022-08-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1253

Single Thread Rating

1271

²
Samples: 220*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,477
Thread: 1,457

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	4,722 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,825 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,409 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	269.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,352 KBytes/Sec
Physics	180 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	745 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,271 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of October 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 2024.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 4th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,096
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,123
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,606
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,066
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,268
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,749
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,530
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,166
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,253

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		219.15
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.42
Intel Core i9-12900K		151.38
Intel Core i9-13900K		142.06
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		140.23
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.61
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		58.93
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		21.74
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 4th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,622
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,692
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,271

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2134074 - Jun 29 2024		1579
BL1847085 - Jun 26 2023		1577
BL1845624 - Jun 23 2023		1576
BL1843133 - Jun 20 2023		1493
BL1691856 - Dec 10 2022		1510

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz
As of 4th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		1,253
AMD A4-3300 APU vs Intel Pentium G840		942 (-24.8%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,459 (+16.4%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs Intel Pentium G840		1,420 (+13.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,041 (-16.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,431 (+14.2%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs Intel Pentium G840		1,273 (+1.6%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,422 (+13.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,301 (+3.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs Intel Pentium G840		1,222 (-2.5%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,168 (-6.8%)
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz vs Intel Pentium G840		1,121 (-10.6%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium G840		1,086 (-13.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,418
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,259
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,115
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,039
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,480
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,392
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,084
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,974
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,820
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,778
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		7,539
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz		650

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