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: 2453 vs 1493
- 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9550 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 | 2453 vs 1493 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 9550 vs 1613 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Intel Pentium G2120T
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8500
PassMark - Single thread mark |
|
|
||||
PassMark - CPU mark |
|
|
Name | Intel Pentium G2120T | Intel Core i5-8500 |
---|---|---|
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1493 | 2453 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1613 | 9550 |
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 | 1754 |
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 |