Intel Pentium G2020 vs Core i3 3220

older Released January, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020

Much more l2 cache

1 MB

Much more l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

older Released September, 2012

Reasons to buy the Core i3 3220

	Significantly higher clock speed 3.3 GHz		More threads 4
	Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.43 GHz		Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.46 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Pentium G2020 6.1 Core i3 3220 8.3 A4 5300 4.6
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Pentium G2020 5.8 Core i3 3220 6.9 A4 5300 5.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Pentium G2020 n.d. Core i3 3220 n.d. A4 5300 n.d.
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Pentium G2020 4.2 Core i3 3220 0.0 A4 5300 n.d.
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Pentium G2020 5.9 Core i3 3220 5.7 A4 5300 5.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Pentium G2020 n.d. Core i3 3220 n.d. A4 5300 n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Pentium G2020 5.5 Core i3 3220 5.3 A4 5300 5.2

Winner
Intel Core i3 3220

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Intel Pentium G2020

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Much more l2 cache

1 MB

0.5 MB

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

Much more l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 3220

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Significantly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

Around 15% higher clock speed

More threads

Twice as many threads

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.43 GHz

3.03 GHz

Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.46 GHz

3.1 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Pentium G2020

3.64 mHash/s

Core i3 3220

4.07 mHash/s

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G2020

1,974

Core i3 3220

2,251

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G2020

911

Core i3 3220

932

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Pentium G2020

2,302

Core i3 3220

2,654

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

3,870

Core i3 3220

5,399

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

2,132

Core i3 3220

2,501

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium G2020

151,400 MB/s

Core i3 3220

173,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Pentium G2020

2,770

Core i3 3220

4,229

summary	Pentium G2020	Core i3 3220
Clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Socket type
LGA 1155
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
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	2.11 pt/W	2.69 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

details	Pentium G2020	Core i3 3220
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	2	4
L2 cache	1 MB	0.5 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	29	33
overclocking
Overclock popularity	3	50
Overclocked clock speed	3.03 GHz	3.43 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.1 GHz	3.46 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	2,960.3	3,775.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.03 GHz	3.43 GHz
integrated graphics
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
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Maximum bandwidth	21,333.32 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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Sergiusz (07:56 AM, October 15, 2018)

I'm quite sure g2020 has no ECC Memory support.

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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