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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G2120 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 1032 days newer than the more expensive Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-6500 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 2% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Pentium G2120 - 215 vs 211 FPS
- Up to 24% cheaper than Pentium G2120 - $39.5 vs $52.0
- Up to 28% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Pentium G2120 - $0.18 vs $0.25 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 4 vs 2 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
215
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.18/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2120 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G2120 or Core i5-6500
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
72 FPS
$10.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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59 FPS
$11.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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