Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Pentium 2020M

Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel Pentium 2020M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 2020M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    139%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    127%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    147%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2520M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 27% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 47% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 39% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2020M

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Intel Core i5-2520M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2520M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2520M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2520M

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
Hyper-threading
Turbo Boost
AES-NI
Smart Cache.

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateFeb 2011vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagerPGAvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size149mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Pentium 2020M
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    2500 points
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    2472 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    5000 points
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    4944 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    4773
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    3151

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    2578
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    1946

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    5329
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    3393

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    2288
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    1821

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    3541.5
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    2449

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    4040.5
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    3299

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    8814.5
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    6312

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    2.86
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    1.92

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    12
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    16.74

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-2520M
    18
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    31.53

seconds - lower is better