Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Pentium G2020

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium G Series 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Pentium G2020

Price

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$ 1151.00

$ 34.99

$ 1116.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

908 points

934 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1699 points

2034 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

690 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

666 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

663 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

640 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.60 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

9.25 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1335 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

802 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1338 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

817 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

659 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

476 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.9 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

266% significantly lower TDP

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

980th of 1,089

972nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i3

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-5010U vs Pentium G2020 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G2020 beats the Core i3-5010U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5010U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-5010U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2020 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5010U. A Core i3-5010U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G2020 CPU because of its significantly 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 i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.