Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Pentium G3220

Core i3-2120 vs Pentium G3220 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2120 performs better than the Pentium G3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G3220 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-2120 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G3220. The Pentium G3220 outputs less heat than Core i3-2120 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 i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.