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Intel logo Pentium G870
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Intel Pentium G870 logo Intel Pentium G840 logo
General information Pentium G870 Pentium G840
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1155 FCLGA1155
Series Name Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Performance Pentium G870 Pentium G840
Overall Score 31511 0 % 29911 5.1 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 24 % 22.6 %
Benchmark Score 986 0 % 800 18.9 %
Single Thread Score 1462.5 0 % 1256.9 14.1 %
Encrypting Data 2258.2 MB/s 0 % 1818.6 MB/s 19.5 %
Compressing Data 29.5 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 17.2 %
String objects sorting 3999.9 thousand/s 0 % 3421.5 thousand/s 14.5 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 25.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6416.3 millions/s 0 % 4633.3 millions/s 27.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3270.2 millions/s 0 % 2786.5 millions/s 14.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Pentium G870, Pentium G840.

Average frames per second Pentium G870 Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.4 FPS 43.7 FPS
High settings 77.4 FPS 69.9 FPS
Medium settings 96.8 FPS 87.3 FPS
Low settings 121.0 FPS 109.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Pentium G870 Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.1 FPS 103.3 FPS
High settings 169.7 FPS 165.2 FPS
Medium settings 212.1 FPS 206.6 FPS
Low settings 265.2 FPS 258.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %
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