Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Pentium G3220

Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium G3220

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    132%
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    107%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    171%
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 71% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 32% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3220

7% higher single threaded performance.
41 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Intel Core i5-2300

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2300

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2011vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2300Intel Pentium G3220
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock3100 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    3100 points
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    3360 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    11200 points
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    6720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7464
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4272

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2470
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2603

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7526
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4702

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2438
  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2402

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    102.22
  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    121.67

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    398.79
  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    221.79

points - higher is better