Pentium G2120: specs and benchmarks

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Pentium G2120
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 55 Watt
1.19

Pentium G2120 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.19% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Pentium G2120 sales 3 September 2012 at a recommended price of $88. This is an Ivy Bridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.1 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1155 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt and a maximum temperature of 65 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Pentium G2120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2357
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.05of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date3 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$88of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate5 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size94 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2120 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
My WiFi-
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+
Secure Key-
Anti-Theft-

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d-
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium G2120's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium G2120.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video HD-
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz
InTru 3D-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2120's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium G2120. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium G2120 1.19

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium G2120 1896

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium G2120 528

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium G2120 934

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Pentium G2120's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Celeron G1850 100.84
Pentium G2120 100
A6-9500 99.16
PRO A6-8550B 99.16

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium G2120 is Athlon II X3 455, which is slower by 1% and lower by 8 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium G2120:

PRO A6-8570 100.84
Athlon 5370 100.84
Pentium G2120 100
PRO A6-8550B 99.16
A6-9500 99.16

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