Intel Pentium G2120T vs AMD PRO A12-8870E

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G2120T and AMD PRO A12-8870E 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.

 

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
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1493 vs 1448
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 vs 1448

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870E

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3023 vs 1613
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3023 vs 1613

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G2120T
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1493
1448
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1613
3023
Name Intel Pentium G2120T AMD PRO A12-8870E
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 1448
PassMark - CPU mark 1613 3023

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G2120T AMD PRO A12-8870E

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge
Launch date Q2'13
Place in performance rating 1743 1745
Processor Number G2120T
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD887BAHM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz 2.9 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2
L2 cache 2 MB
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz
Number of GPU cores 8
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
Supported memory frequency 2400 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 R7
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
Switchable graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1155 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 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
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan