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In short — Core i3-10100 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 i3-10100 is 2796 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Up to 45% cheaper than Core i3-10100 - $52.0 vs $93.74
- Up to 35% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Core i3-10100 - $0.33 vs $0.51 per FPS
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than Intel Core i3-10100 - 55 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i3-10100
- Performs up to 17% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium G2120 - 183 vs 156 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 8 vs 2 threads
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Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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Intel Core i3-10100 Desktop Processor 4 Cores up to 4.3 GHz LGA1200 (Intel 400 Series Chipset) 65W, Model Number: BX8070110100
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Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i3-10100
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2120 | vs | Intel Core i3-10100 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i3 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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World of Warcraft, 1920 x 1080, Maximum
97 FPS
$9.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-10100
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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103 FPS
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GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Core i3-10100
8 GB, N/A Storage
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GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-10100
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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97 FPS
$11.49/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-10100
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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81 FPS
$4.32/FPS
GeForce GT 1030
Core i3-10100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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97 FPS
$7.53/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-10100
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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103 FPS
$14.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Core i3-10100
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