Intel Core i3-2130 vs Intel Pentium G3250

Core i3-2130 vs Pentium G3250 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3250 performs better than the Core i3-2130. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2130 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-2130 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G3250. The Pentium G3250 outputs less heat than Core i3-2130 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 i3-2130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.