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Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G850 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 G850 @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1155

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 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 G850 @ 2.90GHz, Intel Pentium CPU G850 @ 2.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 44.31

Overall Rank:
3493rd fastest in multithreading out of 5026 CPUs
2607th fastest in single threading out of 5026 CPUs
1054th fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $33.29 USD (2023-05-31)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1475
Single Thread Rating
1362

Samples: 268*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,668
Thread: 1,519

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz

Integer Math6,042 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,106 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,794 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption290.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression28,314 KBytes/Sec
Physics183 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions956 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,362 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,780
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,331
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,052
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,505
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,873
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,201
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,719
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,627
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,146
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
1,475
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
222.44
Intel Core i9-12900K
150.30
Intel Core i9-13900K
87.21
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.36
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
44.31
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,564
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
1,362
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5088870 - Mar 09 2025
1607
BL2415198 - Feb 14 2025
1614
BL2397924 - Feb 07 2025
1627
BL2397655 - Feb 07 2025
1632
BL2374444 - Jan 28 2025
1593
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
As of 19th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
1,475
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,316 (-10.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,169 (-20.7%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium G850
1,351 (-8.4%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G850
1,693 (+14.8%)
AMD A4-5300 APU vs Intel Pentium G850
1,365 (-7.5%)
AMD A4-5300B APU vs Intel Pentium G850
1,254 (-15.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,155 (-21.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,121 (-24.0%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,820 (+23.4%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G850
1,757 (+19.1%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G850
1,437 (-2.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs Intel Pentium G850
1,276 (-13.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,194
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,393
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,858
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,578
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,543
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,828
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,715
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
9,624
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,508
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
9,500
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,440
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz
305