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Intel Pentium G3420 vs Intel Core i5-680
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium G3420
100 %
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i5-680
90 %
2C / 4T · 3.86 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium G3420
100 %
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i5-680
99 %
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Pentium G3420
100 %
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Intel Core i5-680
19 %
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium G3000 (14) | Intel Core i5 600 (6) |
| Architecture | Haswell S | Clarkdale |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1150 | LGA 1156 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.86 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 3.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.15 GHz | 0.50 - 0.73 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 10 / 80 | 12 / 24 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2012 | Q1/2010 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 54 W | 73 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium G3420 | Intel Core i5-680 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q3/2013 | Q2/2010 |
| Release price | 70 $ | 305 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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