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In short — Core i5-3450S outperforms the cheaper Pentium G2020 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G2020 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-3450S is 267 days older than the cheaper Pentium G2020.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3450S
- Performs up to 2% better in Dota 2 than Pentium G2020 - 171 vs 167 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2020 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2020
- Up to 63% cheaper than Core i5-3450S - $25.59 vs $69.47
- Up to 62% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i5-3450S - $0.17 vs $0.45 per FPS
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-3450S - 55 vs 65 Watts
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Intel Core i5-3450S Quad-Core Processor 2.8 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53450S
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Pentium G2020
Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013
FPS
167
97%
Value, €/FPS
€0.17/FPS
100%
Price, €
€28.4
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G2020 Processor BX80637G2020
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Core i5-3450S
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Pentium G2020
Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3450S | vs | Intel Pentium G2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 21st, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Ivy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 55 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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