Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Pentium G2120

Core i7-3517U vs Pentium G2120 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3517U is faster than the Pentium G2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G2120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3517U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. A Core i7-3517U 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.

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 i7-3517U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.