Intel Pentium G2120 vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Compare Intel Pentium G Series 2 core CPU vs Intel 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

1029 points
8% slightly better overall score
947 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2254 points
18% slightly better gaming score
1902 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

733 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
699 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

703 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
670 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.67 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

940th of 1,089
968th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium G Series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Pentium G2120 vs Core i5 M 560 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium G2120 is faster than the Core i5 M 560. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 560 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5 M 560 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 560.

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 G2120 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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