Intel Pentium Gold G7400T vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Processor comparisons 11-01-2022

   If you have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium Gold G7400T vs Intel Core i5-8250U and understand which is better for games or normal use for rendering, machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing. Here you can find useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 3DMark, PCMark 10, Blender, PassMark, VeraCrypt, Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator, UserBenchmark, Furmark, 7zip, AIDA64, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Prime95, MATLAB, SuperPi, RealBench, WPrime, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Rainbow Six Siege
Last Man Standing
Grand Theft Auto V
DOOM: Eternal
Fallout 76
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Watch Dogs Legion
Death Stranding
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Red Dead Redemption 2
Halo Infinite
Overwatch
Apex Legends
Valorant
Borderlands 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Fortnite
Valheim
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8250U or Intel Pentium Gold G7400T.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Gold G7400T

51%

Core i5-8250U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G7400T

51%

Core i5-8250U

52%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Forza Horizon 4, Control.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.5	91.6
Valorant	102.8	104.0
Cyberpunk 2077	57.6	58.3
Apex Legends	96.6	97.8
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	78.0
Overwatch	83.3	84.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	71.8
DOOM Eternal	51.4	52.0
Warzone	80.2	81.2
Assassin's Creed	86.3	87.4
Valheim	85.3	86.4

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Gold G7400T

74%

Core i5-8250U

199%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-8250U is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G7400T as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T	Intel Core i5-8250U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	181	157
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	453	549
Cinbench 20 Single-core	449	348
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1020	1509
Cinbench 23 Single-core	666	897
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2249	3118

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	2743	1990
Multi-Core	4443	6011

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	785	896
Multi-Core	2406	3494

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T	Intel Core i5-8250U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	April 01, 2017
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1700	FC-BGA1356
Core name	Alder Lake	Kaby Lake R
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	11	8
Turbo Frequency		3.4 MHz
Frequency	4.3 MHz	1.6 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate	8 GT/s	4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4600 millions	1640 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory	128 Gb	32 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	2.5 MB
L3 cache	6 MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	0x4693

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G7400T is 62% better than Core i5-8250U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-8250U has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G7400T. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G7400T is better: 12
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8250U is better: 23
However, it should be understood that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Gold G7400T and Intel Core i5-8250U before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium Gold G7400T - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Gold G7400T specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-8250U specs and review.