Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Pentium G2120

Core i5-2520M vs Pentium G2120 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G2120 performs better than the Core i5-2520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-2520M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2520M. A Core i5-2520M CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G2120 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 i5-2520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.