Intel now offer Pentium CPUs with Hyperthreading
Intel now offer Pentium CPUs with Hyperthreading
With the addition of hyperthreading Intel’s Pentium CPUs should offer i3-like performance, though this does come with a catch, with Intel’s new Pentium CPUs lacking support for the AVX2 instruction set, which is very handy for video editing and transcoding. While the lack of AVX2 instruction set should not affect gaming performance, it is certainly a disadvantage that is worth considering.
Below is a table detailing a lot of Intel’s current Kaby Lake Pentium lineup, which come at prices a low a $64.
| Cores | Threads | Clock Speeds | TDP | Price | |
| Pentium 4560 | 2 | 4 | 3.5GHz | 51W | $64 |
| Pentium G4560T | 2 | 4 | 2.9GHz | 35W | $64 |
| Pentium G4600 | 2 | 4 | 3.6GHz | 51W | $75-82 |
| Pentium G4600T | 2 | 4 | 3.0GHz | 35W | $75 |
| Pentium G4620 | 2 | 4 | 3.7GHz | 51W | $86-93 |
Hopefully, we will be able to get hold of a Kaby Lake Pentium CPU in the near future for review, as this CPU should certainly pack a decent level of performance for the price, making it very suitable for basic internet surfing or ultra-low budget gaming PCs.
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