Intel Pentium G2020 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270

older Released January, 2013

Intel Pentium G2020

2.9 GHz
Dual core

Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020

	Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm		Lower typical power consumption 44.69W
	Newer Jan, 2013		Lower annual home energy cost 13.25 $/year

older Released May, 2011

AMD Athlon II X2 270

3.4 GHz
Dual core

Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 270

	Much more l2 cache 2 MB		Significantly higher clock speed 3.4 GHz
	Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.02 GHz		Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core

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Intel Pentium G2020

AMD Athlon II X2 270

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium G2020

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Much newer manufacturing process

22 nm

45 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Lower typical power consumption

44.69W

52.81W

More than 15% lower typical power consumption

Newer

Jan, 2013

May, 2011

Release date over 1 years later

Lower annual home energy cost

13.25 $/year

15.66 $/year

More than 15% lower annual home energy cost

Lower annual commercial energy cost

48.18 $/year

56.94 $/year

More than 15% lower annual commercial energy cost

Reasons to consider the
AMD Athlon II X2 270

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Much more l2 cache

2 MB

1 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Significantly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

More than 15% higher clock speed

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.02 GHz

3.03 GHz

More than 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Much more l2 cache per core

1 MB/core

0.5 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.09 GHz

3.1 GHz

More than 30% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

3,870

Athlon II X2 270

3,132

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

2,132

Athlon II X2 270

1,716

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

151,400 MB/s

Athlon II X2 270

136,900 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

3,804

Athlon II X2 270

3,028

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

4,092

Athlon II X2 270

3,506

GeekBench

Pentium G2020

4,092

Athlon II X2 270

3,506

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Pentium G2020

2,770

Athlon II X2 270

1,990

PassMark (Single Core)

Pentium G2020

1,560

Athlon II X2 270

1,155

summary	Pentium G2020	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	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	2.11 pt/W	2.03 pt/W
Typical power consumption	44.69W	52.81W