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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 1032 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Up to 38% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $28.14 vs $45.19
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 2% better in Resident Evil Village than Pentium G2120 - 297 vs 292 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 4 vs 2 threads
Resident Evil Village
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Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Single-Core
526
47.344734473447346%
Multi-Core
922
30.499503804168043%
Intel Pentium G2120 | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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