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In short — Core i5-9400 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 i5-9400 is 2237 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Up to 91% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - £14.21 vs £150.64
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 3% better in Metro Exodus than Pentium G2120 - 144 vs 140 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 6 vs 2 threads
Metro Exodus
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel Pentium G2120 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 3.1 GHz 3M 55W LGA1155
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Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Single-Core
526
38.00578034682081%
Multi-Core
922
19.228362877997913%
Intel Pentium G2120 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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