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| Intel Pentium G2020 vs Core i5 2400 |
Released January, 2013
Intel Pentium G2020
- 2.9 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020
![]() | Much lower typical power consumption 44.69W | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core | ![]() | More number of displays supported 3 |
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Released January, 2011
Intel Core i5 2400
- 3.1 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Core i5 2400
![]() | Much better turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz | ![]() | More cores 4 |
![]() | More threads 4 | ![]() | Higher clock speed 3.1 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much lower typical power consumption | 44.69W | vs | 93.6W | 2.1x lower typical power consumption | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
More number of displays supported | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more number of displays supported | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | vs | 100.92 $/year | 2.1x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | vs | 27.75 $/year | 2.1x lower annual home energy cost | |||
Newer | Jan, 2013 | vs | Jan, 2011 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
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Much better turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 5% better turbo clock speed | |||
More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
Higher clock speed | 3.1 GHz | vs | 2.9 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.54 GHz | vs | 3.03 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.51 GHz | vs | 3.1 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G2020 vs Core i5 2400
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
3,870
Core i5 2400
8,298
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
2,132
Core i5 2400
2,638
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
151,400 MB/s
Core i5 2400
2,260,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
3,804
Core i5 2400
8,258
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
4,092
Core i5 2400
9,093
GeekBench
Pentium G2020
4,092
Core i5 2400
10,769
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Pentium G2020
2,770
Core i5 2400
5,901
PassMark (Single Core)
Pentium G2020
1,560
Core i5 2400
1,742
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G2020 | vs | Core i5 2400 |
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Clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 1155 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | No | Yes | |
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 | 95W | |
Annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | 27.75 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | 100.92 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.11 pt/W | 8.14 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 44.69W | 93.6W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s |
details | Pentium G2020 | vs | Core i5 2400 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 3 MB | 6 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 29 | 31 | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 3 | 63 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.03 GHz | 3.54 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.1 GHz | 3.51 GHz | |
PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,960.3 | 3,244.5 | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.03 GHz | 3.54 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 2000 | |
Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 850 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 1,050 MHz | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | No | |
Maximum bandwidth | 21,333.32 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB |
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