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Pentium G2120 vs Core i9-12900K

Pentium G2120 vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 3349 days newer than Pentium G2120.

Advantages of Pentium G2120

  • Consumes up to 56% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 55 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 47% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Pentium G2120 - 159 vs 108 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 24 vs 2 threads
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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

108

68%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

159

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.73/FPS

100%

Price, €

€433.75

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i9-12900K - Vassoio LGA1700 da 3,2 GHz

Buy for 433.75 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo
Pentium G2120

Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

526

20%

Multi-Core

922

6%

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Pentium G2120 Logo

Pentium G2120

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Core i9-12900K

Sep 3rd, 2012Release Date
PentiumCollectionCore i9
Ivy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
2Threads
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
TDP125 W
22 nmProcess Size
31.0xMultiplier
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable

PCs Using Pentium G2120 or Core i9-12900K

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