Intel Pentium G2020 vs Core i3 3220

Released January, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020

Significantly better performance per dollar

7.58 pt/$

Marginally newer

Jan, 2013

I use this setup to run MMO's on a 61' 1080P set and it runs great.

by chris-cullen (Aug, 2013)

Released September, 2012

Reasons to buy the Core i3 3220

	Is hyperthreaded Yes		Higher clock speed 3.3 GHz
	More threads 4		Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,764

What is excellent about this processor is the power comsumption and the hyper threading feature.

by Oxcar (Dec, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Pentium G2020 5.9 Core i3 3220 6.4
Passmark and GeekBench (32-bit)

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Pentium G2020 8.5 Core i3 3220 8.9
Passmark (Single Core)

	Overclocking
	How much speed can you get out of the processor?
Pentium G2020 6.6 Core i3 3220 7.0
Passmark (Overclocked), Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Pentium G2020 8.1 Core i3 3220 7.0
Performance Per Dollar

	CPUBoss Score
	Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value
Pentium G2020 7.1 Core i3 3220 7.4

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Intel Core i3 3220

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Intel Pentium G2020

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Significantly better performance per dollar

7.58 pt/$

4.73 pt/$

More than 60% better performance per dollar

Marginally newer

Jan, 2013

Sep, 2012

Release date 4 months later

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 3220

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Is hyperthreaded

Yes

Somewhat common; Maximizes usage of each CPU core

Higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

Around 15% higher clock speed

More threads

Twice as many threads

Better PassMark (Single core) score

1,764

1,560

Around 15% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better PassMark score

4,229

2,789

More than 50% better PassMark score

Better 3DMark11 physics score

4,040

2,840

More than 40% better 3DMark11 physics score

Better geekbench (32-bit) score

5,391

3,867

Around 40% better geekbench (32-bit) score

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.47 GHz

3.05 GHz

Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better PassMark (Overclocked) score

3,775.1

2,960.3

Around 30% better PassMark (Overclocked) score

Better performance per watt

10.67 pt/W

8.65 pt/W

Around 25% better performance per watt

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.54 GHz

3.02 GHz

More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench (32-bit)

Pentium G2020

3,867

Core i3 3220

5,391

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GeekBench

Pentium G2020

3,867

Core i3 3220

8,919

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Pentium G2020

2,840

Core i3 3220

4,040

Pentium G2020 Core i3 3220 @ community.futuremark.com

Passmark

Pentium G2020

2,789

Core i3 3220

4,229

Pentium G2020 Core i3 3220 @ cpubenchmark.net

Passmark (Single Core)

Pentium G2020

1,560

Core i3 3220

1,764

cpubenchmark.net

Pentium G2020		vs	Core i3 3220

	9.5 read review		9.5 read review	I am very happy with my new processor may be its not a corel i3 or i5, but intel g2020 has a excellent perfomance and excellent option for his price. Pentium G2020

summary	Pentium G2020	Core i3 3220
Clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Socket type
LGA 1155
Is hyperthreaded	No	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has vitualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
SSE3
SSE2
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
gpu
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	1,050 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes	Yes
Maximum bandwidth	21,333.32 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

details	Pentium G2020	Core i3 3220
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	2	4
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nms	22 nms
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	29	33
overclocking
Overclock popularity	3	50
Overclocked clock speed	3.05 GHz	3.47 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.02 GHz	3.54 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	2,960.3	3,775.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.05 GHz	3.47 GHz
power consumption
TDP	55W	55W
Annual home energy cost	13.25 $/year	13.25 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	48.18 $/year	48.18 $/year
Performance per watt	8.65 pt/W	10.67 pt/W
Typical power consumption	44.69W	44.69W
bus
Architecture	DMI	DMI
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

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Serialmania (05:13 AM, August 31, 2013)

You might be right but most of the time depends on the PSU too....

Ricky (04:41 PM, August 30, 2013)

Some of the modern games will reveal some bottlenecks if you have a fairly cheap CPU and a really good GPU.

Serialmania (02:44 AM, July 30, 2013)

G2020 is one of the underrated cpu for this year. People fail to realized that graphic cards matter 80% for gaming. Lousy graphic card means bad gaming performance. I'm pretty sure you can play some of the latest games on max settings with this cheap cpu as long as you have good graphic cards..... I can even play the original Crysis and Crysis 2 on my old core 2 duo cpu on some high settings.

Guest (07:02 PM, July 17, 2013)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. There was an error in the overall performance calculation. This has now been corrected.

Pete (01:58 PM, July 17, 2013)

Your figures for (relative) performance per dollar and per watt appear incorrect - think about it! How is it possible for the G2020 to have a higher performance per watt than the i3 considering they use the same power and the i3 clearly outperforms the other? Methinks you have mixed something up. Similarly the perf per dollar cannot be more than 2x the i3 model, at least based on the quoted Amazon prices.

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