Intel Core i7 5960X vs Pentium G3258

[Marvzl1357]

My wannabe tech friend sees me watching this video and goes "why do you even watch this comparison when there's gonna be a clear winner (i7 he means. "Because anything <i7 is shit, you shouldn't get it, anything <i7 is a waste of money" is his mentality)

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh*

[gligoran]

Nice video, guys.

 

It might be a good idea to compare the G3258 to an i3 for light users and HTPC/Media Centers. Both have 2 cores, but i3 has HT.

 

BTW, what's so special about the G3258 compared to something like G3460? It seems more or less that the latter are just from a better bin.

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

Pentium does not support running multiple cpu, does it?

No, sadly. PLEASE INTEL.

[cesrai]

inb4 we get a million builds with g3258 and dual 970s -.-

And suffer from stuttering and other things, I don't know which member has a video on this but if you know him tell or give the video, it's a watchdogs video with different CPU and same GPU.

[Demonking]

great to see my I5 4670K still holding up no need for upgrade for years 

[cesrai]

I really enjoyed this video. It's just such a shame that game devs are shunning Dual core CPUs from their games' supported CPUs list by pushing all the workload to Core 3 which dual cores don't have. Looking at you Far Cry 4. If only Intel had blessed the G3258 with Hyperthreading.

 

 

Oh and BTW Dollar Shave Club should setup shop in France. Then I can see how good they are for myself

Far Cry 4 runs fine on dual cores it's just ubishit that stopped it, there is a hack that make you able to run Far Cry 4 on dual cores.

[Trik'Stari]

#dollarshaveclubmasterrace

 

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[Guest]

Make a 4 socket 1150 motherboard, then the pentium wins.

Well, when you'd figure in the cost of that motherboard with its crazy custom chipset, you'd probably end up getting better price/performance out of the 5960x.

[Fate]

Oh god Linus said the G3258 didn't bottleneck a 970 [to the point where it was unplayable].

People are going to forget the second half of that sentence and start recommending people get a 970/G3258 as a long term solution and say it doesn't bottleneck at all. 

[Recon97]

Money still goes with 5960X

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

Well, when you'd figure in the cost of that motherboard with its crazy custom chipset, you'd probably end up getting better price/performance out of the 5960x.

4xPentium = ~$240

Multi socket board = ~$300-$400

212 evo x4 = $120 

so no.

[TOMPPIX]

2 cores + 2 cores = 4 cores $70 + $70 = $140 i5 4690k = $220 why do i pay $80 more for an i5? amd better get their shit together so intel get some competition

[Markmjb]

So i7-5960x vs Pentium G3258 = i5-4670k wins. Got it.

I do think that you couldn't get so close with the pentium because it has 3mb cache vs 20mb on the i7, but that's just a wild guess.

Haven't updated my cpu knowledge since i looked into sandy bridge.It's on my todo-list.

[Guest]

2 cores + 2 cores = 4 cores $70 + $70 = $140 i5 4690k = $220 why do i pay $80 more for an i5?

The i5 gets a faster memory controller, faster iGPU, higher frequency out-of-the-box and support for more instruction sets.

http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz?q=Intel%C2%AE%20Pentium%C2%AE%20Processor%20G3258%20%283M%20Cache,%203.20%20GHz%29

http://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz?q=Intel%C2%AE%20Core%E2%84%A2%20i5-4690K%20Processor%20%286M%20Cache,%20up%20to%203.90%20GHz%29

I agree that competition from AMD would be great, but the relative pricing of Intel products does make sense.

[GarlanTyrell]

I know that when the CPU alone is 14x more expensive than the opposition, this is a somewhat moot point. But you could have also referenced the vastly more expensive hardware required to even get the 5960x to run, the X99 mobo, DDR4 memory and aftermarket cooling for instance.

[flibberdipper]

My Pentium is breathing heavily.

[Faa]

2 cores + 2 cores = 4 cores $70 + $70 = $140 i5 4690k = $220 why do i pay $80 more for an i5?

 amd better get their shit together so intel get some competition

Yeah but if we do math for gaming on AMD;

FX 4300 80$ = FX 6300 = 100$ = FX 8350 200$.

[Aniallation]

Can people actually hop off the G3258 bandwagon now?

 

There's not that huge of a difference OCing the G3258 as people think there is. It's just better to get an i3 at this point.

[Aniallation]

Yeah but if we do math for gaming on AMD;

FX 4300 80$ = FX 6300 = 100$ = FX 8350 200$.

Where I am

 

FX 4300 = $120

FX 6300 = $125

FX 8320 = $180

 

Yes, five dollars.

[TOMPPIX]

Yeah but if we do math for gaming on AMD;

FX 4300 80$ = FX 6300 = 100$ = FX 8350 200$.

AMD FX-4300 http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/FD4300WMHKBOX

AMD FX-6300 http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/FD6300WMHKBOX

AMD FX-8350 http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/FD8350FRHKBOX-BUNDLE

[FuzzyYellow]

Can people actually hop off the G3258 bandwagon now?

 

There's not that huge of a difference OCing the G3258 as people think there is. It's just better to get an i3 at this point.

But look at it this way, you can spend $70 on a g3258, or spend $120 on an i3 which will perform pretty much the same in games because games dont have good support for hyper threading yet. The only difference between the pentium and the i3 are

1. The i3 has HT

2. The i3 has more cache

3. The i3 has a locked multiplier

4. The i3 costs almost twice what a g3258 costs

Also, look at the benchmarks. You say that overclocking the g3258 doesn't help as much as people think it does, but that's not the point. The point is that there is a $70 cpu on the market that can run most games almost as well as $250 CPUs. Not everyone can afford to blow that much on a cpu. I know i couldn't. That's what the g3258 is for. Im not saying you cant do better for a little more money, you almost always can. But just because people like you dont like the idea of a dual core cpu in 2014 doesn't make it bad.

[Briggsy]

re-run the gaming test with Dragon age inquisition, I dares ya.

[KamiKatze]

As a fun little project I'd say the pentium is great but if you saved up and want to buy your first gaming PC and don't have money for a mid range i5 or a FX 6300 i wouldn't even bother looking at the pentium.

[James Hellsing]

I think this is a great video! Thanks for finally making this happen!

I'm very close to building my own pc and am planning to go with the G3258 for the processor just to start gaming immediately with money to spare and then spend the extra money for the processor all on a Gigabyte 970 or an Asus 970 Strix, then after I've saved enough money again, I'll go for an i7-4790k.

So this is a great reference for me! I think it should be fine to stick with the G3258, OC it to the limit, just for the sake of being able to game with my new rig while I'm still saving up for a 4790k

[SteveGrabowski]

 the i3 also supports ECC ram. not that this means anything at all for gaming.

 

Iv found that much like the G3258. Overclocking of most CPUs don’t help as much as people think it does. 

For me Id love to see Linus add in the i3 to these type of tests. more to show peoplethe numbers so they can decide on their own on whether or not to spend the extra green on an i3 or not.

 

I just wish Linus and Nick would do a test of overclocking period for gaming, since I see so many people going overboard on the CPU with an i5-4690k + Z97 board + Hyper 212 EVO and then throwing a low-end GPU like an R9 270, GTX 750 Ti, or GTX 760 in the build.