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Pentium G2120 vs Core i7-7700

Pentium G2120 vs Core i7-7700: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Intel Pentium G2120

3.1 GHz | 2-core

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Intel Pentium G2120 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 3.1 GHz 3M 55W LGA1155

Buy for £14.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 642 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-7700

3.6 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i7-7700 Logo
Intel Core i7-7700 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/8MB/Kabylake/65W/Graphics) - BX80677I77700

Buy for £129.18 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 234 minutes ago

Intel Pentium G2120

3.1 GHz | 2-core

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Intel Pentium G2120 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 3.1 GHz 3M 55W LGA1155

Buy for £14.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 642 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-7700

3.6 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i7-7700 Logo
Intel Core i7-7700 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/8MB/Kabylake/65W/Graphics) - BX80677I77700

Buy for £129.18 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 234 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-7700 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 i7-7700 is 1583 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.

Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120

  • Up to 89% cheaper than Core i7-7700 - £14.21 vs £129.18
  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i7-7700 - 55 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i7-7700

  • Performs up to 29% better in Far Cry 6 than Pentium G2120 - 120 vs 93 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 8 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

93

77.5%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£14.21

100%

Intel Pentium G2120 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 3.1 GHz 3M 55W LGA1155

Buy for £14.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 642 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-7700 Logo
Core i7-7700

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


FPS

120

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£129.18

11%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-7700 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/8MB/Kabylake/65W/Graphics) - BX80677I77700

Buy for £129.18 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 234 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012

Intel Core i7-7700 Logo
Core i7-7700

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

526

37.86897048236141%

Multi-Core

922

20.672645739910315%

Intel Core i7-7700 Logo
Core i7-7700

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


Single-Core

1389

100%

Multi-Core

4460

100%

Intel Pentium G2120

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Intel Core i7-7700

Sep 3rd, 2012Release Date
Jan 3rd, 2017
PentiumCollectionCore i7
Ivy BridgeCodenameKaby Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4
2Threads
8
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
55 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
14 nm
31.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsHD 630
NoOverclockableNo

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