Intel Core i3-2130 vs Intel Pentium G4520

Core i3-2130 vs Pentium G4520 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G4520 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 Pentium G4520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2130. The Pentium G4520 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-2130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.