Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Pentium G4600

Core i3-3120M vs Pentium G4600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G4600 performs better than the Core i3-3120M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3120M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G4600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3120M. A Core i3-3120M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4600 CPU because of its significantly 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 i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.