Haswell Refresh Gaming benchmarks

[justin4pack]

So I found a good deal on the haswell refresh for gaming but none referenced the Pentiums. Does anyone have any info on gaming stats comparing the new i3 vs the Pentium?

 

[shrewdgamer]

If you mean the new unlocked Pentium G3258. On stock it'll be close to 70% of entry level Haswell i3. When overclocked it'll perform more than entry level Haswell i3.

It'll also consume more power when overclocked.

 

[formulav8]

If you can get 1 of those low-end H71/81/91 or whatever chipset mobo's that allows overclocking, the new Pentium K would be quite nice. If you have to buy a higher-end board to oc the Pentium then get an i3. Typical Intel trying to make you buy a higher-end chipset based mobo for a lower-end chip. I think someone said Asus has a low-end H chipset board that will oc the new Pentium, but I could easily see Intel banning it and milking the customer as usual.

 

[crashtech]

There's a thread here about the performance of the unlocked Pentium vs the i3 and others. I do not see the OC'ed G3258 beating the i3 at anything except some ST synthetics.

 

[shrewdgamer]

There's a thread here about the performance of the unlocked Pentium vs the i3 and others. I do not see the OC'ed G3258 beating the i3 at anything except some ST synthetics.

I meant entry level Haswell i3, which is i3 4130. Not i3 4330.

 

[crashtech]

I meant entry level Haswell i3, which is i3 4130. Not i3 4330.

The 4130 is cut down from the 4330 a bit, in cache as well as clock speed, but I haven't seen comparative benchmarks with the i3-4130 vs the G3258. I'm not sure there would be that big of a difference in real-world applications.

 

[SPBHM]

The 4130 is cut down from the 4330 a bit, in cache as well as clock speed, but I haven't seen comparative benchmarks with the i3-4130 vs the G3258. I'm not sure there would be that big of a difference in real-world applications.

they used the 4150, which is the 4130 +100Mhz but still 3MB of l3
http://pclab.pl/art57691-3.html

 

[crashtech]

they used the 4150, which is the 4130 +100Mhz but still 3MB of l3
http://pclab.pl/art57691-3.html

Pretty close call in those tests, but we didn't get to see minimums there, which is more important from a playability standpoint, imo.