Intel Pentium G2020 vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Compare Intel Pentium G Series 2 core CPU vs Intel 4 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

934 points

2% slightly better overall score

907 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2034 points

39% slightly better gaming score

1463 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

666 points

740 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

640 points

709 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

9.25 points

13.97 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

81% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

972nd of 1,089

981st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Pentium G2020 vs Core i7 Q 720 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G2020 performs better than the Core i7 Q 720. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium G2020 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium G2020. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2020 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Pentium G2020 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.