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Core i5-12500 vs Pentium G2120

Core i5-12500 vs Pentium G2120: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 3410 days newer than Pentium G2120.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500

  • Performs up to 27% better in Far Cry 5 than Pentium G2120 - 235 vs 185 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 12 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120

  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 55 vs 65 Watts
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

235

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€298.2

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5 (12. Generation) i5-12500 3 GHz Prozessor, Einzelhandelsverpackung

Buy for 298.2 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 343 minutes ago

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

185

78.72340425531915%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2311

100%

Multi-Core

9079

100%

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

526

22.76070964950238%

Multi-Core

922

10.155303447516246%

Intel Core i5-12500

vs

Intel Pentium G2120

Jan 4th, 2022
Release DateSep 3rd, 2012
Core i5CollectionPentium
Alder LakeCodenameIvy Bridge
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores2
12
Threads2
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.1 GHz
4.6 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
65 WTDP
55 W
10 nm
Process Size22 nm
30.0xMultiplier
31.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsIntel HD
NoOverclockableNo

Builds Using Core i5-12500 or Pentium G2120

Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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