Intel Core i7-5600U vs Intel Pentium G2120

Core i7-5600U vs Pentium G2120 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5600U 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 i7-5600U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. A Core i7-5600U 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 i7-5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.