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In short — Core i7-2600K outperforms the more expensive Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-2600K is 966 days older than the more expensive Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-2600K
- Performs up to 1% better in Resident Evil 4 than Pentium G3420 - 160 vs 158 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Pentium G3420 - $59.0 vs $71.68
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Core i7-2600K - 53 vs 95 Watts
Resident Evil 4
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Intel Core i7-2600K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 Ghz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I72600K
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Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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Core i7-2600K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Single-Core
584
87.42514970059881%
Multi-Core
981
42.28448275862069%
Intel Core i7-2600K | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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