Intel Pentium G2120T vs Intel Core i5-8500

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G2120T and Intel Core i5-8500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, 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

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8500

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 6 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2452 vs 1493
  • 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9547 vs 1613
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2452 vs 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 9547 vs 1613

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G2120T
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1493
2452
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1613
9547
Name Intel Pentium G2120T Intel Core i5-8500
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 2452
PassMark - CPU mark 1613 9547
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1074
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4700
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.65
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1800
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1800

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G2120T Intel Core i5-8500

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge Coffee Lake
Launch date Q2'13 February 2018
Place in performance rating 1743 1753
Processor Number G2120T i5-8500
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Discontinued Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $229
Value for money (0-100) 15.36

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz 3.00 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Number of cores 2 6
Number of threads 2 6
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 9216 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1333/1600 DDR4-2666

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Device ID 0x3E92
Intel® Clear Video technology
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3 3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1155 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution 2011A PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0 3.0
PCIe configurations up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI

Virtualization

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

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5