Intel Core i7-3537U vs Intel Pentium G2120

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

830 points
1029 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1588 points
2254 points
41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

626 points
733 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

600 points
703 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

874 points
1053 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points
577 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

968 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
914 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

484 points
527 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.00 GHz
3.1 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W
223% significantly lower TDP
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

996th of 1,089
940th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-3537U vs Pentium G2120 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3537U beats the Pentium G2120 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium G2120 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3537U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3537U. A Core i7-3537U 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 i7-3537U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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