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Pentium G3420 vs Core i5-12400

Pentium G3420 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3047 days newer than Pentium G3420.

Advantages of Pentium G3420

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 53 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 25% better in Alan Wake 2 than Pentium G3420 - 125 vs 100 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

100

80%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

125

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.76/FPS

100%

Price, £

£220

100%

FPS and Value Winner

CPU CORE I5-12400 S1700 Box/2.5G BX8071512400 S RL4V IN

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In Stock

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo
Pentium G3420

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

584

27%

Multi-Core

981

11%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium G3420 Logo

Pentium G3420

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i5
HaswellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1150SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
3.2 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
53 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
32.0x
Multiplier25.0x
Intel HD (Haswell)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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