Intel Pentium G4620: A new budget CPU king?

Boomstick777 · 19 Oct 2016 at 11:55

Looks like the Kaby Lake Pentium is a 2 core / 4 thread chip with a 3.8 Ghz clock speed. Not to shabby at all. If this comes in at circa £50 like previous Pentiums this could the best budget CPU for years.

StarShock · 19 Oct 2016 at 12:08

If that's all correct then yeah it looks good, but the hyperthreading seems weird. I think this is more likely to actually be an i3 circa £110. Unless they are re-jigging their line up, in which case its anyone's guess.

Kurgen · 19 Oct 2016 at 13:05

why do new cpu's goto some dodgy back room in china, with a crap camera, that's what I want to know

Armageus · 19 Oct 2016 at 13:09

Wishful thinking no doubt, but could it open up the way for consumer i7's to be 6 core?

Celeron - 2 Cores, 2 Threads
Pentium - 2 Cores, 4 Threads
i3 - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
i5 - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
i7 - 6 Cores - 12 Threads?

Martini1991 · 19 Oct 2016 at 14:59

This is what we would call progression.

Assuming it's true.

RavenXXX2 · 19 Oct 2016 at 15:46

And where would that leave the i3? Expect the same old from Intel, small clock boosts and that's it.

Armageus · 19 Oct 2016 at 15:50

RavenXXX2 said:
And where would that leave the i3? Expect the same old from Intel, small clock boosts and that's it.

In the same place it is at the minute - between the Pentium and the i5

Would also open the way for an i3k sku though.

As I said though - wishful thinking on my part

jigger · 19 Oct 2016 at 15:50

So an i3 skylake. Will be nice if Intel can drop this in around Athlon 860k money.

In other ways it's not that impressive compared to Skylake quads. The Xeon E3 1240L v5 is a 4 core 8 thread chip with a 3.2Ghz clock and a TDP of 25 watts. The 1260L is 3.9Ghz for 45 watts and both have much more cache.

2 cores and 4 thread at 51 watts is pretty meh unless this ships with a meaty IGP faster than AMD's APU's?

jigger · 19 Oct 2016 at 15:52

Armageus said:
In the same place it is at the minute - between the Pentium and the i5

Would also open the way for an i3k sku though.

As I said though - wishful thinking on my part

i3 K chips? Overclockable on basic chipsets, no IGP with a bigger cache? Would be interesting.

Doogles · 19 Oct 2016 at 16:07

Armageus said:
Wishful thinking no doubt, but could it open up the way for consumer i7's to be 6 core?

Celeron - 2 Cores, 2 Threads
Pentium - 2 Cores, 4 Threads
i3 - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
i5 - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
i7 - 6 Cores - 12 Threads?

Yeah that's what I'm wondering, if this is so I will be upgrading to Kaby, maybe Intel know that they haven't been doing enough and AMD with Zen is pushing them to get more cores.

Dave2150 · 19 Oct 2016 at 17:41

Armageus said:
Wishful thinking no doubt, but could it open up the way for consumer i7's to be 6 core?

Celeron - 2 Cores, 2 Threads
Pentium - 2 Cores, 4 Threads
i3 - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
i5 - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
i7 - 6 Cores - 12 Threads?

It's already been posted many times that we'll get 6 core I7's with Coffee Lake, in 2018/2019. Until then it's the usual Mainstream 4 core/enthusiast 6, 8, 10 etc core.

I'll probably make Coffee Lake my next upgrade, with a nice PCI-E V4 motherboard and Intel Optane memory support.

RavenXXX2 · 19 Oct 2016 at 17:46

If AMD rock Intel's boat with zen expect to see 6 core i7s sooner.

jigger · 19 Oct 2016 at 21:29

RavenXXX2 said:
If AMD rock Intel's boat with zen expect to see 6 core i7s sooner.

I can't see how. Intel aren't just going magic a chipset and CPU from thin air and even if AMD sell every chip they make for twice what it worth will Intel even care?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 21 Nov 2016 at 21:21

A poster on AT forums noticed this:

https://browser.primatelabs.com/v4/cpu/1112633

The G4560 also has HT. So essentially a Core i3 for around £66??

Bluntwrapped · 22 Nov 2016 at 08:11

I can't imagine we'll see 6 core i7's so soon, not when Intel can milk 4c8t out yet another generation.

Armageus · 22 Nov 2016 at 08:36

jigger said:
I can't see how. Intel aren't just going magic a chipset and CPU from thin air and even if AMD sell every chip they make for twice what it worth will Intel even care?

Never say never - they have released emergency products before (Original Pentium 4 Extreme Edition ?).

It's unlikely to need a new chipset, as nothing changes on that side of things - at worst it's probably a bios update. Whether 6 cores can physically fit on 1151, and whether it can be done within the power/thermal constraints is probably another matter.

kayomani · 22 Nov 2016 at 09:01

Over half the die is the igp so they could quite easily cut back or remove that for extra cores.

pastymuncher · 22 Nov 2016 at 10:36

According to this 6 core mainstream i7's will be coming along with Coffee Lake in 2018.

edscdk · 22 Nov 2016 at 10:42

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
A poster on AT forums noticed this:

https://browser.primatelabs.com/v4/cpu/1112633

The G4560 also has HT. So essentially a Core i3 for around £66??

probably one of the messed up Celeron things you see in laptops with HT, ie half as good as an I3

mmj_uk · 22 Nov 2016 at 11:01

Armageus said:
Wishful thinking no doubt, but could it open up the way for consumer i7's to be 6 core?

Celeron - 2 Cores, 2 Threads
Pentium - 2 Cores, 4 Threads
i3 - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
i5 - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
i7 - 6 Cores - 12 Threads?

I thought the same, if Zen is even remotely competitive then they are either going to have to slash prices across the board or offer more for the money.