Intel Core i5-2500k vs Intel Pentium G2020

Last updated: 2023-04-20

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-2500k		Intel Pentium G2020
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-2500k or Intel Pentium G2020 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-2500k has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-2500k was released in Q1/2011. The Intel Pentium G2020 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G2020 was released in Q2/2013.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Core i 2000 (28)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G2000 (4)
2	Generation	4
Sandy Bridge S	Architecture	Ivy Bridge S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-2500k is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Pentium G2020 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz.
Intel Core i5-2500k	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2020
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All 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.
Intel Core i5-2500k	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2020
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 3000	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
0.85 GHz	GPU frequency	0.65 GHz
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
6	GPU Generation	7
32 nm	Technology	22 nm
2	Max. displays	3
12	Compute units	6
96	Shader	48
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
10.1	DirectX Version	11.0

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics 3000	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-2500k supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G2020 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-2500k	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2020
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1333
32 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	2.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
8.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-2500k has a TDP of 95 W, that of the Intel Pentium G2020 is 55 W.
Intel Core i5-2500k	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2020
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	55 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i5-2500k has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium G2020 cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-2500k	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2020
32 nm	Technology	22 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 1155	Socket	LGA 1155
VT-x, VT-x EPT	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2011	Release date	Q2/2013
--	Release price	48 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2500k (100%)

Intel Pentium G2020 (78%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2500k (100%)

Intel Pentium G2020 (43%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	558 (80%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2450 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1051 (43%)

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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	760 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	578 (76%)

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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2537 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1079 (43%)

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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	651 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	495 (76%)

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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1948 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	847 (43%)

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 Core i5-2500k Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz	211 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz	101 (48%)

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 Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4155 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1674 (40%)

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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1336 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	569 (43%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	127 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	101 (80%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	461 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	196 (43%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	262 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	894 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	778.7 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	372 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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