Intel Core i5-3317U vs Intel Pentium G3220

Core i5-3317U vs Pentium G3220 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G3220 beats the Core i5-3317U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3317U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-3317U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3220 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3317U. A Core i5-3317U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3220 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 i5-3317U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.