Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Pentium G2120

Core i3-12100F vs Pentium G2120 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the Pentium G2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G2120 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-12100F has significantly more cores than the Pentium G2120. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium G2120. It also has more threads than the Pentium G2120. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Pentium G2120. The Pentium G2120 outputs less heat than Core i3-12100F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.