Intel Pentium G3420 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-20

The Intel Pentium G3420 is a 2 core processor. It can handle 2 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2013. The Intel Pentium G3420 is based on the 5. generation of the Intel Pentium series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1150. The Intel Pentium G3420 scores 721 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,408 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Pentium G3420 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Pentium G3420.
Name:	Intel Pentium G3420
Family:	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group:	Intel Pentium G3000 (14)
Architecture:	Haswell S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Pentium G3420 clock with 3.20 GHz. The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 2
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1), the Intel Pentium G3420 has an build in graphic solution. It has 10 SM processors, which have a total of 80 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	10
Shader:	80
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2012

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium G3420 supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Pentium G3420 has a TDP of 54 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	54 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G3420 has a 3.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1150
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q3/2013
Release price:	70 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium G3420 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-2450P 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	723
	Intel Core i5-2390T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	722
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	722
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	721
	Intel Core i7-4712MQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	721
	Intel Pentium G4400T 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	721
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	721

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-4360U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1412
	AMD A10-7800 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1411
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1411
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1408
	Samsung Exynos 8895 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1407
	AMD Athlon II X4 760K 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1403
	AMD Phenom II X4 955 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1401

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-3820QM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	675
	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz	672
	Intel Celeron G4900 2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz	669
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	667
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	667
	Intel Core i5-4300Y 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	665
	Intel Core i3-5015U 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	665

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-2390T 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1171
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1170
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1170
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1167
	MediaTek Helio P60 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1167
	Intel Celeron G4920 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1163
	Intel Core i3-2125 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1162

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.20 GHz	192
	Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.65 GHz	187
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Adreno 509 @ 0.72 GHz	184
	Intel Pentium G3420 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz	184
	Intel Pentium G3258 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz	184
	AMD A4-4020 AMD Radeon HD 7480D @ 0.72 GHz	184
	Intel Pentium G3440 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz	184

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Celeron N3450 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1975
	Intel Core i7-3689Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	1974
	AMD A4-9120 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	1968
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1966
	AMD Athlon II X4 615e 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1966
	Intel Core i3-4120U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1965
	Intel Celeron 6305E 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	1964

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i3-540 2C 4T @ 3.06 GHz	685
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	685
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	673
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	671
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	671
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	668

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	130
	Intel Core m7-6Y75 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	130
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	130
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	129
	Intel Core i5-4210H 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	129
	AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	129
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	129

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X3 B77 3C 3T @ 3.20 GHz	243
	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	243
	Intel Celeron G4920 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	243
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	242
	Intel Celeron G5905T 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	242
	Intel Celeron G5900T 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	242
	Intel Celeron G5900E 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	242

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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