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Pentium G2020 vs Core i5-12400

Pentium G2020 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G2020 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G2020 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3270 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G2020.

Advantages of Pentium G2020

  • Up to 74% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - $34.99 vs $133.45
  • Up to 67% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i5-12400 - $0.30 vs $0.91 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 55 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 27% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Pentium G2020 - 146 vs 115 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2020 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Dying Light 2: Stay Human

Dying Light 2: Stay Human

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High Quality Raytracing

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


FPS

115

79%

Value, $/FPS

$0.3/FPS

100%

Price, $

$34.99

100%

Value Winner

Intel Pentium G2020 Processor BX80637G2020

Buy for $34.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 179 minutes ago

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

146

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.91/FPS

33%

Price, $

$133.45

26%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz

Buy for $133.45 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 179 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High Quality Raytracing

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo
Pentium G2020

Desktop • Jan 21st, 2013


Single-Core

476

22%

Multi-Core

817

9%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium G2020 Logo

Pentium G2020

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Jan 21st, 2013Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i5
Ivy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
2.9 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
55 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
29.0x
Multiplier25.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

PCs Using Pentium G2020 or Core i5-12400

With selected game settings

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$34.99

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$34.99

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$34.99

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