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Pentium G2120 vs Core i5-12600KF

Pentium G2120 vs Core i5-12600KF: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $264

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600KF outperforms Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600KF is 3349 days newer than Pentium G2120.

Advantages of Pentium G2120

  • Consumes up to 56% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600KF - 55 vs 125 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12600KF doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i5-12600KF

  • Performs up to 25% better in Battlefield IV than Pentium G2120 - 467 vs 374 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 16 vs 2 threads
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Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

374

80%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

467

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.43/FPS

100%

Price, €

€202.51

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600KF 3,6GHz LGA1700 Box

Buy for 202.51 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6901 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012

Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

526

21%

Multi-Core

922

8%

Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2472

100%

Multi-Core

12036

100%

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo

Pentium G2120

vs
Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo

Core i5-12600KF

Sep 3rd, 2012
Nov 4th, 2021
PentiumCore i5
Ivy BridgeAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155Intel Socket 1700
Desktop
Desktop
2
10
2
16
3.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Non-Turbo4.9 GHz
55 W
125 W
22 nm
10 nm
31.0x
37.0x
Intel HD
None
No
Yes

PCs Using Pentium G2120 or Core i5-12600KF

With selected game settings

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