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Pentium G2120 vs Ryzen 5 3600

Pentium G2120 vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 2498 days newer than Pentium G2120.

Advantages of Pentium G2120

  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 55 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 2% better in Control than Pentium G2120 - 203 vs 199 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Control

Control

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

199

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

203

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.4/FPS

100%

Price, €

€82.15

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4, 2GHz AM4 35MB Cache Wraith Stealth

Buy for 82.15 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 251 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

526

33%

Multi-Core

922

13%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo

Pentium G2120

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

Ryzen 5 3600

Sep 3rd, 2012Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
PentiumCollectionRyzen 5
Ivy BridgeCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 1155SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
55 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
7 nm
31.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HD
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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