Intel Core i3-2100 vs Intel Pentium G2030

Core i3-2100 vs Pentium G2030 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2100 beats the Pentium G2030 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G2030 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-2100 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G2030. The Pentium G2030 outputs less heat than Core i3-2100 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 i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.