Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Pentium G2020

Core i5-4200U vs Pentium G2020 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4200U performs better than the Pentium G2020. Despite this, the Pentium G2020 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-4200U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G2020 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. A Core i5-4200U 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 i5-4200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.