Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Pentium G645

Core i5-2520M vs Pentium G645 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2520M performs better than the Pentium G645. Despite this, the Pentium G645 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-2520M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G645 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2520M. A Core i5-2520M 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.

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.