Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Pentium G3220T

Compare Intel Core 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

979 points

1014 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1873 points

2028 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

738 points

778 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

708 points

757 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

915 points

951 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

462 points

526 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

929 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

813 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

467 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

456 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

2.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

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

987th of 1,125

973rd of 1,125

Family

The product line

Core

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-2520M vs Pentium G3220T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3220T 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium G3220T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2520M. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-2520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.