Intel Pentium G2020 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270 |
Released January, 2013
Intel Pentium G2020
- 2.9 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020
 | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
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Released May, 2011
AMD Athlon II X2 270
- 3.4 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 270
| | Much higher clock speed 3.4 GHz |
by PCMag (Aug, 2011)The CPU also comes with an AMD-qualified heatsink/fan with a thermal interface.
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 2.9 GHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G2020 vs Athlon II X2 270
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G2020 | vs | Athlon II X2 270 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Pentium G2020 | vs | Athlon II X2 270 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 3 | 1 | |
| Overclock review score | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.03 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.1 GHz | 4.09 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,960.3 | 810.1 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.03 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 55W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.1 pt/W | 2.03 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 44.69W | 52.81W | |
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