What is the most popular platform for entry this year? Hyper-threaded Pentium G4560 Reviews

[PConline evaluation] In the face of overwhelming AMD's new processor Ryzen, Intel you recently? The first listed Ryzen, the most high-end is R7 1800X, R3 1100 as the Ryzen family's entry-level models, the entire Ryzen family price from 4399 yuan to 999 yuan price. Therefore, in the 500 yuan entry market, AMD will continue to use the old generation of X4 Athlon and APU series to fight against Intel. The quad-core specification does allow Athlon to take advantage of Intel's traditional dual-core Pentium.

However, this pros and cons is not eternal, because Intel has joined the Hyper-Threading technology in this generation of new Pentium! Today, we have to evaluate is to break the traditional dual-core dual-thread specifications, evolved into a dual-core four-threaded Pentium G4560!

● The history of Pentium has been rewritten since this generation

Since the specifications of the Pentium G4560 after Hyper-Threading were added are very similar to those of i3, many players joked that they "may have bought a fake i3!" Users familiar with the history of CPU know Pentium's glory. Although the current Pentium has become an entry-level product, Intel has not forgotten to play cards for it in recent years. The Haswell era three years ago coincided with the 20th anniversary of Pentium. Intel has already launched the anniversary version of the Pentium G3258. Its overclocking characteristics make it a star product among the multitude of people.

Today, the new Pentium G4560 joins Hyper-Threading, specifications have been strengthened again, the performance has narrowed the distance with the i3, and it is further away from the Celeron, more than the Pentium products, so the history of Pentium from This generation began to rewrite.

● Compared with the previous generation of Pentium, there is progress and there is a step backwards

Comparison of two generations of Pentium/i3 specifications
CPU model
Pentium G4560
Pentium G4500 Core i3-6100
Core code
Kaby Lake
Skylake
Skylake
Interface Type
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Core thread
2/4
2/2
2/4
Frequency (GHz)
3.5
3.5
3.7
Memory support
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2400
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2133
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2133
Built-in display core
HD 610
HD 530
HD 530
EU unit number
12
twenty four
twenty four
L3 cache
3MB
3MB
3MB
Craftsmanship
14nm
14nm
14nm
TDP
54W
47W
51W

Indeed, Intel's multi-tasking capabilities have been enhanced after Hyper-Threading has been added to this generation of Pentiums. But how can a toothpaste factory that has always been highly convinced to get you a free lunch? In order to allow Pentium to maintain a consistent price for the people, Intel made additions and subtractions on the new Pentium G4560.

Progress: With Hyper-Threading, the supported memory frequency is increased to DDR4-2400.

Regression: G4560/G4560T nuclear H530 down to HD610, you want a strong HD630 nuclear display on the G4600T, G4600, G4620 these three models, and the price is about 669 yuan, is almost a piece of i3-6100 Price.

In addition, the new Pentium and the previous generation all use the same model prefix, which is the G4XX naming convention. For example, Pentium G4560 and Pentium G4520 are also the beginning of G45, the model is very close, only the difference between 2 and 6 on the ten-digit, do not underestimate this point, in fact, they are already two generations of Pentium, G4520 does not have hyper-threading, still It is a traditional dual-core and dual-threaded system. The performance of multi-threading varies greatly. Don't let JS take advantage of it when shopping.

● 300 yuan "false" i3 with B250 may become the hottest starter combination this year

Intel Pentium G4560 Reference Price: Loading... Image Reviews Quote Parameter Overview

G4560 joins hyper-threading, 3.5GHz clock frequency, nuclear display direct minimum specifications HD610 walk, plus 300 yuan in the beginning of the bulk price, taking into account AMD Ryzen no corresponding new products at this price, are all the speed of the public Dragon X4 and APU, so G4560 with B250 motherboard has the opportunity to become the hottest entry-level platform for this year alone. For beginners is simply a big gospel! Because playing a single masterpiece is no longer afraid of dual-core Pentium was despised.

Appearance contrast:

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● Evaluation platform and method description

This evaluation mainly from the CPU, GPU performance, power consumption compared to three aspects, in the CPU performance evaluation, we add the Core i3-6100 as a comparison. ASUS DRAGON GTX1070-O8G is used in the CPU game performance test to ensure that the graphics card does not become a CPU bottleneck.

Intel LGA1151 platform
CPU

Intel Pentium G4560 (2 cores/4 threads)
Intel Pentium G4500 (2 cores/4 threads)
Intel Core i3-6100 (2 cores/4 threads)

Motherboard
ASUS B250M-A
RAM
Aigo XPG light bar DDR4-2800 (8gx2) actual operating frequency according to the respective CPU default support operation
Common accessories
hard disk
Main board: A-DATA SU800 256G
Vice board: GALAXY GAMER 512GB Plus
Video card
ASUS DRAGON GTX1070 O8G
power supply
Rhine X-650 rated 650W gold medal full module power supply
software platform
operating system
Windows 10 64-bit
Graphics driver
Single significant platform: NVIDIA driver 378.66 WHQL, nuclear display platform: Intel21.20.16.4534
Evaluation plan
CPU theoretical performance test:
New 3DMark (Physical Computing)
Fritz Chess
wPrime
CPU-z
WinRAR 64Bit
PhotoShop CC
CineBench
TMPGEnc

CPU Game Performance Test Singularity Ashes Tomb Raider 10
The son of Rome
Crysis 3
Blocked throughout
Nuclear Performance Test New 3DMark
League of Legends Tomb Raider 9
Power consumption test alone significant platform power consumption (standby, games, Prime95)

1, GPU performance test:

The G4560's core is HD 610, which belongs to the GT1 level and is the most basic level. Compared with the previous generation G4500, the HD 530 core is significantly lower than the 2 levels. Therefore, the performance does not have much hope for it. Now we mainly want to know the core. Can LOL be picked up! ?

● GPU performance test project

Test summary: 3DMark points to run, HD610 is equivalent to HD630 70% of the performance. 1080P extremely high quality playing LOL average has 36 frames, but in the key team battle moments, the number of frames will drop to 20 frames, do not want to pit teammates or add a video card or reduce the picture quality. The overall performance is roughly equivalent to the HD 4400's nuclear level. It has more than enough light and games.

2, CPU performance test:

● CPU theory multi-threaded performance

● 3DMark series physical operation test

● Common software performance testing

● Professional software performance test

Test summary: In addition to single-core performance on the G4560 and G4500 scores are close to the other multi-threaded run points are significantly ahead of the latter, and the physical running sub-test scenarios, clocked 3.5GHz G4560 and 3.7GHz The i3-6100 is very close and the CPU performance is only about 10% of the gap.

●CPU game performance test

Test summary: What's the use of Hyper-Threading Pentium, in addition to a substantial increase in daily software applications, game performance has also been earth-shaking changes! "Blocking" is a good example. Like the traditional dual-core, dual-threaded CPU G4500, even if it catches the GTX1070 high-end graphics card, it is still excluded from the game, and the black screen cannot enter. While other games have a 20-frame upgrade, "Crysis 3", "Singularity Ash" such as CPU-thread-sensitive games, G4560 is more than double the G4500 increase rate!

3, platform power consumption comparison test

Test summary: Under the conditions of standby and full load, the power consumption of the two generation Pentiums is almost the same, and the power consumption of the G4560 has risen by 30 W under the game conditions, and the overall power consumption is lower than the i3.

6, PConline evaluation room summary:

Performance: The performance of "extra" performance was cut off. In exchange for hyper-threading, G4560 made a wise choice! The Core i3-6100 with 90% performance equals the G4560. For beginners who are unique users or gamers who want to spend their money on graphics cards, there is no doubt that the Pentium G4560 is their dish, but the nuclear users are delusional. Pentium users no longer have to worry about being despised because of the game's demand for the lowest CPU threshold. Don't use Pentium to play games! Of course there are hair who want to do it? Who does not know the i5, i7 rich? Only blame the purse Jun not to force you ~

On the power consumption: The new Pentium G4560 did not become "big appetite" due to the addition of hyper-threading. It was only slightly loaded and the game was slightly up, and the standby was still excellent. Therefore, everyone did not need to spend too much on the power supply. Meet current and future upgrade needs.

Price: 300 can buy i3 in the first place, this is true! Even if the boxed price is only about 450, PS AMD heart: Hey ~ brother, you also let me not clear inventory (Athlon X4)?

● Why did G4560 choose B250 instead of H110?

There has been a refutation of a 300 yuan G4560 with the most expensive 5/600 yuan B250 is a waste, should be equipped with H110 more cost-effective, the so-called entry CPU with the entry board, basically the computer city JS recommended installed "standard." In fact, Xiaobian thinks that for the short term, the G4560+H110 is indeed very cost-effective. However, H110 belongs to the most basic LGA1151 motherboard, scalability can only say enough, memory support up to 2133MHz, although you do not mind the CPU to run low frequency, but the future upgrade it?

Will you want to change your i7 or i5 after a day or upgrade your NVMe SSD? The power supply design, M.2 interface, and USB3.1 interface are the short boards of the H110, so when you want to upgrade, you will consider changing the motherboard. However, if you choose the B250 in the first place, you will not have a problem at all. Think about it, because the B250 can meet your future requirements.

H110 or B250? Many problems are in the price, with reference to the current price of the two JD, H110 generally price between 300-600 yuan, hot money is generally around 500 yuan, generally 3 +1 phase power supply, single PCIe Slot, 2 memory slot specifications. The B250 price range is 450-1000 yuan, the hot money is 500-650 yuan in the range of products, power supply design, interface slots and chipset expansion capabilities have improved a grade, and the difference between the two hot money is less than 150 yuan , spend 150 yuan to buy an upgrade, this money is not worth it?

● Additional reading: B250 motherboard recommended! Too high-end B250 is not recommended here, are picking some of the benefits of the main B250 motherboard for your reference.

ASUS PRIME B250M-A
Reference price: 649 yuan

When the 100 series motherboards had master series, the 200 series motherboards were further enhanced and embodied in the models as PRIME to represent the master series. PRIME B250M-A is one of the hot models of ASUS B250 motherboard. M-ATX motherboard, 3+2 phase power supply, comes with Ace Master 3 sound system, Japanese audio capacitors, LED lights separated, providing dual M.2 interface, including One goes through the PCIe X4 channel and the motherboard back IO provides a USB Type-C interface supporting Intel Optane technology.

MSI B250M PRO-VDH
Reference price: 599 yuan

The B150M PRO-VDH is one of the most popular models for getting started with the B250. The most traditional color matching, no fancy features, 3+2+1-phase power supply, and the i5 and the like are also more reliable. The B250M PRO-VDH's PCIe slot is armor-enhanced and incorporates a USB Type C interface, which, with MSI's unique XBOOST, can speed up your mobile storage device. An M.2 interface supports full-speed 32Gb/s NVMe SSDs. However, there is only one PCIe slot. If you want to add any device in the future... However, enough parties will not mind.

Biostar B250 GT3
Reference price: 599 yuan

Biostar's first batch of B250 motherboards is relatively small, only 1 series of 2 different versions of the product, however, B250GT3 is Yingtai main push of the gaming board, comes with controllable lighting effect, equipped with dual M.2 Although the price of the interface, 599 is almost the price of two pieces of G4560, but the motherboard material and specifications are not comparable to the general H110, and the version comes with the mysterious ice 400, so that is about 500 or so, Suitable for users who plan to upgrade i5 in the future.

Comparison of two generations of Pentium/i3 specifications
CPU model
Pentium G4560
Pentium G4500Core i3-6100
Core code
Kaby Lake
Skylake
Skylake
Interface Type
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Core thread
2/4
2/2
2/4
Frequency (GHz)
3.5
3.5
3.7
Memory support
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2400
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2133
DRR3L-1600/DDR4-2133
Built-in display core
HD 610
HD 530
HD 530
EU unit number
12
twenty four
twenty four
L3 cache
3MB
3MB
3MB
Craftsmanship
14nm
14nm
14nm
TDP
54W
47W
51W
Intel LGA1151 platform
CPU

Intel Pentium G4560 (2 cores/4 threads)
Intel Pentium G4500 (2 cores/4 threads)
Intel Core i3-6100 (2 cores/4 threads)

Motherboard
ASUS B250M-A
RAM
Aigo XPG light bar DDR4-2800 (8gx2) actual operating frequency according to the respective CPU default support operation
Common accessories
hard disk
Main board: A-DATA SU800 256G
Vice board: GALAXY GAMER 512GB Plus
Video card
ASUS DRAGON GTX1070 O8G
power supply
Rhine X-650 rated 650W gold medal full module power supply
software platform
operating system
Windows 10 64-bit
Graphics driver
Single significant platform: NVIDIA driver 378.66 WHQL, nuclear display platform: Intel21.20.16.4534
Evaluation plan
CPU theoretical performance test:
New 3DMark (Physical Computing)
Fritz Chess
wPrime
CPU-z
WinRAR 64Bit
PhotoShop CC
CineBench
TMPGEnc

CPU Game Performance Test Singularity Ashes Tomb Raider 10
The son of Rome
Crysis 3
Blocked throughout
Nuclear Performance Test New 3DMark
League of Legends Tomb Raider 9
Power consumption test alone significant platform power consumption (standby, games, Prime95)

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