Pentium G4560 or i3 6100?

[kgrevemberg]

I was planning on doing a cheep-ish budget build for a friend but didn't want to get him a pentium for some games needing 4 cores to even boot. So i figured the hyper threaded i3 would work since games see it as 4 cores.

But recently I saw the G4560 which is also hyperthreaded and a lot cheaper.

Thinking about going with the pentium. Any advice?

 

[mcconkeymike]

I've done a little research on these new hyperthreaded Pentiums and it appears that they spec out very similarly to Haswell i3s. Because of this I'd say go for the Pentium since I have a Haswell i3 4160 and when paired with a decent video card, it games well.

 

[rgd1101]

With G4560, as long as you going with windows 10, sound like there might be driver issue with older os

 

[RCFProd]

G4560 ftw.

 

[ingtar33]

the g4560 has the whole ATX encoder disabled, I'd get the i3

 

[geofelt]

A recent review, in German shows it close to i3-6100.
Of course, i3-7100 would be better.
FX-6300 is no longer the budget champ:
https://www.computerbase.de/2017-01/intel-pentium-g4560-test-kaby-lake/

 

[RCFProd]

the g4560 has the whole ATX encoder disabled, I'd get the i3

Meh, guess it very much depends what you'll use it for. I personally wouldn't miss the ATX instructions probably.

 

[kgrevemberg]

Meh, guess it very much depends what you'll use it for. I personally wouldn't miss the ATX instructions probably.


What would the ATX instructions affect? It would be used for entry level gaming.

 

[jaguarskx]

the g4560 has the whole ATX encoder disabled, I'd get the i3

It is not called ATX.

It is called AVX; Advanced Vector Extensions.

I assume it can help accelerate some visual effect in games. Though the floating point calculations likely benefits financial and scientific models more.

 

[kgrevemberg]

So it would be fine for a basic gaming rig?

Possibly for battlefield 1 also. Lower settings.

 

[RCFProd]

Yes, absolutely. I'd use one for a budget build.

 

[amtseung]

I'd get the G4560 over a haswell i3, mainly because haswell/refresh stuff is soon, if not already, legacy hardware, DDR3 prices are skyrocketing since people don't make it anymore, and motherboards are slowly going out of existence. Even though the kaby lake motherboards are more expensive, at least you know you can get everything you want/need without too much hassle.

The new stuff is hyperthreaded, whereas the i3 6100 isn't. I'd still say get the new pentium.

 

[kgrevemberg]

Amtseung you may want to double check your info.

G4560
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/97143/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4560-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz#@product/specifications

I3 6100
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/90729/Intel-Core-i3-6100-Processor-3M-Cache-3_70-GHz#@product/specifications

Neither are haswell. Both are hyperhreaded. Both use ddr4.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

So it would be fine for a basic gaming rig?

Possibly for battlefield 1 also. Lower settings.

Intel G4560 + GTX 1060 6GB Gaming - Battlefield 1 64 Multiplayer Operations Ultra 1080p - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEgFwOIWYo&t=6s

It bottlenecks the GTX 1060 a little (as expected), not too bad for budget building. Would be more ideal with a 1050/Ti.

 

[amtseung]

Amtseung you may want to double check your info.

G4560
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/97143/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4560-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz#@product/specifications

I3 6100
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/90729/Intel-Core-i3-6100-Processor-3M-Cache-3_70-GHz#@product/specifications

Neither are haswell. Both are hyperhreaded. Both use ddr4.

2nd post mentions Haswell i3's, so I figured I'd mention them also. I know exactly what I'm talking about.

Edit: Clearly I don't know what I'm talking about. Posting half drunk is a bad idea.

 

[RCFProd]

Amtseung you may want to double check your info.

G4560
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/97143/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4560-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz#@product/specifications

I3 6100
https://ark.intel.com/m/products/90729/Intel-Core-i3-6100-Processor-3M-Cache-3_70-GHz#@product/specifications

Neither are haswell. Both are hyperhreaded. Both use ddr4.

2nd post mentions Haswell i3's, so I figured I'd mention them also. I know exactly what I'm talking about.

I was quite confused aswell until I read the post and atleast understood that's what you were basicaly referring to. That being said:

The new stuff is hyperthreaded, whereas the i3 6100 isn't. I'd still say get the new pentium.

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