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Pentium G2020 vs Core i7-12700K

Pentium G2020 vs Core i7-12700K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700K outperforms Pentium G2020 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700K is 3209 days newer than Pentium G2020.

Advantages of Pentium G2020

  • Consumes up to 56% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700K - 55 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i7-12700K

  • Performs up to 120% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Pentium G2020 - 523 vs 238 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2020 - 20 vs 2 threads
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


FPS

238

46%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

523

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


Single-Core

476

19%

Multi-Core

817

6%

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2531

100%

Multi-Core

13694

100%

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo

Pentium G2020

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Intel Core i7-12700K Logo

Core i7-12700K

Jan 21st, 2013Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
PentiumCollectionCore i7
Ivy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
12
2Threads
20
2.9 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.0 GHz
55 W
TDP125 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
29.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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