Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Pentium G645

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

924 points
951 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1808 points
2076 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

689 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
679 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

660 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
653 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

854 points
944 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

405 points
514 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

831 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
732 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

400 points
451 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.9 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

974th of 1,089
966th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Pentium

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-3120M vs Pentium G645 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G645 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-3120M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G645 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3120M. A Core i3-3120M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G645 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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