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In short — Core i5-7500 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 i5-7500 is 1583 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2120.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Up to 42% cheaper than Core i5-7500 - $52.0 vs $89.0
- Up to 30% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-7500 - $0.33 vs $0.47 per FPS
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-7500 - 55 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-7500
- Performs up to 20% better in Rust than Pentium G2120 - 189 vs 157 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 4 vs 2 threads
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Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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Intel Core i5-7500 LGA 1151 7th Gen Core Desktop Processor
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Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i5-7500
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2120 | vs | Intel Core i5-7500 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 3rd, 2017 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Kaby Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
55 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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