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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G3420 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-2125 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G3420 is 728 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-2125.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-2125
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Performs up to 2% better in Dota 2 than Core i3-2125 - 171 vs 167 FPS
- Up to 86% cheaper than Core i3-2125 - $21.1 vs $152.0
- Up to 87% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i3-2125 - $0.12 vs $0.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i3-2125 - 53 vs 65 Watts
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Intel Core i3-2125 Dual-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I32125
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Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
171
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.12/FPS
100%
Price, $
$21.1
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium G3420 3.2 GHz Used Dual-Core CPU Processor 3M 53W LGA 1150
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Core i3-2125
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-2125 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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