Intel Pentium G2120T vs AMD A10-7850K

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G2120T and AMD A10-7850K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G2120T

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7850K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3401 vs 1613
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1499 vs 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 3401 vs 1613

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G2120T
CPU 2: AMD A10-7850K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1493
1499
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1613
3401
Name Intel Pentium G2120T AMD A10-7850K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 1499
PassMark - CPU mark 1613 3401
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 516
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1576
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 16.998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.104
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5920

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G2120T AMD A10-7850K

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge Kaveri
Launch date Q2'13 14 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1743 1755
Processor Number G2120T
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch price (MSRP) $173
OPN PIB AD785KXBJABOX
OPN Tray AD785KXBI44JA

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Compute Cores 12
Die size 245 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 2410 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1333/1600 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Number of pipelines 512
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1155 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution 2011A

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0 3.0
PCIe configurations up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan