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In short — Core i9-10900F outperforms the cheaper Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G2120 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-10900F is 2796 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 17% better in Valorant than Pentium G2120 - 807 vs 690 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 20 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - $52.0 vs $250.0
- Up to 74% better value when playing Valorant than Core i9-10900F - $0.08 vs $0.31 per FPS
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900F - 55 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-10900F doesn't have integrated graphics
Valorant
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1920 x 1080
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High
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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Game Graphics
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Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-10900F | vs | Intel Pentium G2120 |
|---|---|---|
Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Sep 3rd, 2012 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Pentium |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Ivy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 2 |
20 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 55 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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