$86 Cheap Intel Gaming CPU Review (Pentium G7400 Benchmarks)

With AMD's budget CPUs coming up very fast, the Intel Pentium G7400 is due for benchmarking to determine how a modern, relatively affordable 4-thread budget CPU does in gaming.

The Intel Pentium G7400 is a $70 to $100 CPU (seems to average about $86 retail, right now) that offers some gaming capabilities at the lower-end. This CPU makes a lot of compromises when compared to the i3-12100F, typically averaging around $125 (at time of writing/posting), but it's far more usable than the Celeron G6900. In this review, we benchmark the G7400 vs. the G6900, the i3-12100F, and other CPUs, like the R5 3600 and 5600X. The new AMD CPUs will be out very soon, so check back for comparisons against those!



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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intel Pentium G7400 CPU Review
01:46 - Pentium G7400 vs. Celeron G6900 Specs & Price
03:26 - Frequency Comparison of G7400
03:45 - CSGO at 1080p, 1440p, & Frametime Plot
05:31 - F1 2021 CPU Benchmarks
06:30- Cyberpunk 2077 Best CPUs
07:27 - Rainbow Six Siege Budget Gaming CPUs
08:25 - Red Dead Redemption 2 CPU Benchmarks
08:55 - Farcry 6 & Frametime Plot
09:15 - Blender Cycles CPU Rendering
10:07 - Adobe Premiere CPU Benchmarks
10:23 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Benchmarks
10:40 - Conclusion

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Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman

[GamersNexus]

New AMD stuff in budget categories is also on the way, so check back for those reviews!

[Madmeerkat]

I'm so glad there's some low end options that aren't COMPLETE gutter trash again, though the 12100 is probably still the metric to beat

[DrearierSpider]

It's a real shame Pentiums haven't moved to 4C/4T. It's just not worth the saving to downgrade from an i3, which is obviously substantially more powerful.

[SalemTechsperts]

As a shop owner, I love seeing budget CPU competition. I get a lot of customers that want to game but just don't have the money to spend on something "decent". When you're poor, you're left in the dust when it comes to PC gaming (and everything else), so this chip is great news. Thanks for the review!

[lupomikti]

I genuinely still can't believe I got the 1600AF at $85, it's been serving me well for my first build the past 2 years and I can still upgrade to a 5000 series chip later on with pretty much no issues.

[DrearierSpider]

The Pentium G4560 was only ever celebrated as much as it was because it featured the same 2C/4T configuration as the i3's of that generation (including the unbelievably stupid Core i3 7350K for triple the price). When the i3's have double the cores, threads, and cache for $20-$40 more, the Pentiums suddenly look stupid.

[Zosu]

This will do great in office PCs. For gamers though, the i3 12100 is probably the minimum that should be considered.

[alex]

I really appreciate this channel's coverage of lower-end/budget-constrained parts, and the frankness of their limitations.

[drafecito]

I love this channel, it's one of the few important pc ones that look at these budget options with the right mindset, let alone review them. Thanks steve and the rest of the team, especially where I live, even an i3 is expensive (south america)

[monke]

It's amazing how just 2 threads make the Celeron and Pentium perform so differently, literally everything uses at least 4 threads now

[AgentSmith]

It would be interesting to include older high end CPUs such as the FX-8350 or 2700K just to see if these newer low ends can beat the older high ends. But the 2700X will have to do 😁👍🏻

[yasins]

there's this interesting looking cpu cooler called alseye m90. appreciate it if you guys could review it and compare it to the other coolers you have tested until now. great job on the video as always

[WELSHYTECH]

im really getting into watching your videos since christmas last year keep up the great work steve

[galaxywz]

Shot in the dark but could you guys include Warzone in your benchmarks from time to time? It’s such an interesting game because it is SO CPU heavy it’s hard to tell what’s going on when it comes to upgrade decisions. You would just need to specify the game mode you are in (Royale Quads or Rebirth Quads)

[caramelldansen]

Love low-end gaming. Takes me back to _trying_ to game on a prebuilt with an A10-6700 and a GT210 from like 2011...

[Ghozer]

Would be interesting to see these lower chips compared to 'previous' higher-end, like the i5/7 7x00/8x00 series etc, if people on 'older' tech are considering a cheaper upgrade, then improve later ;)

[circan]

Just bought an i3-10105F for $68 from Microcenter. These Celeron and Pentiums are barely competitive considering price alone, but with fewer cores and lower clocks fails the test

[ETophales]

Thanks for the review, Steve. I always enjoy low end hardware reviews. Got to wonder what kind of performance a CPU with 8 efficiency cores would have provided (as these take the same space as two performance cores).

[ProjectPhysX]

The G7400 is just powerful enough to update the BIOS to install a faster CPU

[Choralone]

Interesting to see the benefit w/ games 2c/4t gives vs 2c/2t. However, if you're building a PC and can't afford an i3 vs the G7400 then I'm sure you also cannot afford a GPU that's good enough to push either of those CPUs unless you're migrating an existing card to a new build.