Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Pentium G2020

Intel Core i5-3230M
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Core i5-3230M
Intel Pentium G2020
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Pentium G2020

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    123%
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    112%
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    133%
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3230M

12% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G2020

None

Intel Core i5-3230M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3230M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3230M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3230M

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
SSE4.1
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2013vsJan 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageFC-BGA12FvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size118mm²vs94mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3230MIntel Pentium G2020
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs2900 MHz
Turbo Clock3200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    3296 points
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    2987 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    5356 points
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    5974 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    5031
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    3771

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    2680
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    2380

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    5515
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    4121

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    2407
  • Intel Pentium G2020
    2142

points - higher is better