Celeron 847 vs Pentium G2120

Place in the ranking	2357	3113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	2.04	1.66
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	3 September 2012 (12 years ago)	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$88	$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	11
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	94 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1155	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) (350 - 800 MHz)
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	800 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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
+297%

Celeron 847 0.30

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
+297%

Celeron 847 478

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
+241%

Celeron 847 155

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
+255%

Celeron 847 263

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.19	0.30
Integrated graphics card	0.77	0.34
Recency	3 September 2012	19 June 2011
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	17 Watt

Pentium G2120 has a 296.7% higher aggregate performance score, 126.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 847, on the other hand, has 223.5% lower power consumption.

The Pentium G2120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 847 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G2120 is a desktop processor while Celeron 847 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G2120 and Celeron 847, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.