CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of G2020 vs 3220 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Pentium G2020
5.7
Core i3 3220
6.6
Core2 Duo E8400
5.3
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Pentium G2020
6.6
Core i3 3220
7.1
Core2 Duo E8400
5.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Pentium G2020
5.0
Core i3 3220
5.1
Core2 Duo E8400
0.0
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Pentium G2020
5.9
Core i3 3220
n.d.
Core2 Duo E8400
0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Pentium G2020
7.2
Core i3 3220
7.5
Core2 Duo E8400
5.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Pentium G2020
7.5
Core i3 3220
6.5
Core2 Duo E8400
5.2
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Pentium G2020

Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium G2020

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Newer Jan, 2013 vs Sep, 2012 Release date 4 months later
Front view of Intel Core i3 3220

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Much better PassMark score 4,229 vs 2,780 More than 50% better PassMark score
Higher clock speed 3.3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz Around 15% higher clock speed
More threads 4 vs 2 Twice as many threads
Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,764 vs 1,560 Around 15% better PassMark (Single core) score
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.43 GHz vs 3.04 GHz Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz vs 3.1 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G2020 vs Core i3 3220

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
2,780
Core i3 3220
4,229

PassMark (Single Core)

Pentium G2020
1,560
Core i3 3220
1,764

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium G2020  vs
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 2.6 pt/W 3.38 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  vs
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 3.04 GHz 3.43 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz 3.48 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 2,960.3 3,775.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.04 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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Comments

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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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