Intel Celeron G1840 vs Intel Core i3-2120

Compare Intel Celeron G Series 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-2120

Price

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$ 16.97

$ 153.03 significantly less expensive

$ 170.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

935 points

1307 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2047 points

2496 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

665 points

989 points

48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

638 points

949 points

48% significantly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1021 points

1073 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

557 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

516 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

828 points

1022 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points

497 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

53 W

22% slightly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

971st of 1,089

869th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron G Series

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Celeron G1840 vs Core i3-2120 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2120 performs better than the Celeron G1840. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron G1840 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-2120 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Celeron G1840. A Celeron G1840 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2120 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron G1840 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.