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Intel Pentium G3420 vs Intel Core i5-650

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium G3420
Rank 2 - 78 %
Intel Core i5-650
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 97 %
Intel Pentium G3420
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-650
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium G3420
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
721
Intel Core i5-650
2C / 4T · 3.46 GHz
564
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium G3420
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
1,408
Intel Core i5-650
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,252
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium G3420
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
184
Intel Core i5-650
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium G3420
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
673
Intel Core i5-650
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
735

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium G3000 (14)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureHaswell SClarkdale
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1150LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.46 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader10 / 8012 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2012Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
TDP54 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Pentium G3420Intel Core i5-650
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2010
Release price70 $177 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium G3420
Intel Pentium G3420
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i5-650
Intel Core i5-650
2C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

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