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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-11700 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3420 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-11700 is 2753 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700
- Performs up to 155% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Pentium G3420 - 140 vs 55 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 16 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Up to 90% cheaper than Core i7-11700 - $21.1 vs $220.47
- Up to 76% better value when playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Core i7-11700 - $0.38 vs $1.57 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i7-11700 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel Pentium G3420 3.2 GHz Used Dual-Core CPU Processor 3M 53W LGA 1150
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
16 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-11700 or Pentium G3420
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, 1920 x 1080, Very High
18 FPS
$77.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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7 FPS
$217/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,519
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8 FPS
$199.88/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,599
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7 FPS
$234.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,640
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7 FPS
$264.14/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$1,849
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7 FPS
$319.71/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD
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$2,238
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7 FPS
$231.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,619
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7 FPS
$219.86/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,539
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7 FPS
$199.86/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,399
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7 FPS
$197/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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