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Pentium G2020 vs Core i9-12900K

Pentium G2020 vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Pentium G2020 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 3209 days newer than Pentium G2020.

Advantages of Pentium G2020

  • Consumes up to 56% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 55 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 32% better in Resident Evil 4 than Pentium G2020 - 206 vs 156 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2020 - 24 vs 2 threads
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Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


FPS

156

76%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

206

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


Single-Core

476

18%

Multi-Core

817

5%

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo

Pentium G2020

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Core i9-12900K

Jan 21st, 2013Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
PentiumCollectionCore i9
Ivy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
24
2.9 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
55 W
TDP125 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
29.0xMultiplier
32.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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