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Well, not entirely, anyways. Skylake is nice, Kaby Lake is a shade better, but I've been using a 4.0Ghz G3258 rig I built for a budget PC the last few days for "testing", and it's... Not bad at all, for web browsing.
One semi-major drawback, though, is the limited iGPU resolution on the G3258. Like Skylake and Kaby Lake, Haswell supports HDMI 1.4(b?). Unlike those former two, Haswell Pentiums (anything lower than i3), is LIMITED to 1920x1080 (1080P) res on the HDMI output from the iGPU. You apparently (according to ARK) have to step up to the Haswell i3 CPUs to be able to do 4K30 out of the native HDMI 1.4 port with the iGPU.
Well doesn't that suck!
Comparing CPU-Z benchmarks, between the G4560, G4600, and G3258 @ 4.0, the G3258 @ 4.0 edges out the other two very slightly in ST, at 1793, and trails in MT due to lack of HT, at 3496.
Overall, though, very similar to the Kaby Lake CPUs that are locked and not overclockable, but have HyperThreading, when the G3258 is at 4.0Ghz (or above).
But, even though the CPU-Z benchmarks are similar, just the presence of HyperThreading, seems to make a fairly big difference for AAA gaming, with the G3258 (at any speed?) being a stutter-fest on some games.
Couple that with the availability of decent (new) H81 overclocking mobos drying up quite a bit lately, it makes Haswell a less-desirable proposition.
Edit: CPU-Z benchmark for my G4600, is ST: 1766, MT: 4077. So clearly, there is more MT power in the G4600 than the G3258 @ 4.0, but ST is close to the same. So G4600 should be better for games. But for desktop web browsing, they are very similar.
One semi-major drawback, though, is the limited iGPU resolution on the G3258. Like Skylake and Kaby Lake, Haswell supports HDMI 1.4(b?). Unlike those former two, Haswell Pentiums (anything lower than i3), is LIMITED to 1920x1080 (1080P) res on the HDMI output from the iGPU. You apparently (according to ARK) have to step up to the Haswell i3 CPUs to be able to do 4K30 out of the native HDMI 1.4 port with the iGPU.
Well doesn't that suck!
Comparing CPU-Z benchmarks, between the G4560, G4600, and G3258 @ 4.0, the G3258 @ 4.0 edges out the other two very slightly in ST, at 1793, and trails in MT due to lack of HT, at 3496.
Overall, though, very similar to the Kaby Lake CPUs that are locked and not overclockable, but have HyperThreading, when the G3258 is at 4.0Ghz (or above).
But, even though the CPU-Z benchmarks are similar, just the presence of HyperThreading, seems to make a fairly big difference for AAA gaming, with the G3258 (at any speed?) being a stutter-fest on some games.
Couple that with the availability of decent (new) H81 overclocking mobos drying up quite a bit lately, it makes Haswell a less-desirable proposition.
Edit: CPU-Z benchmark for my G4600, is ST: 1766, MT: 4077. So clearly, there is more MT power in the G4600 than the G3258 @ 4.0, but ST is close to the same. So G4600 should be better for games. But for desktop web browsing, they are very similar.
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