Pentium G3420: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium G3420 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.23% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium G3420 sales 1 September 2013 at a recommended price of $252. This is a Haswell 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 3.2 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1150 processor with a TDP of 53 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium G3420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2329 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.07 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 2.16 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $252 | of 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 177 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G3420 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA1150 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 53 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| 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 | + |
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 G3420's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium G3420.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors | |
| Max video memory | 1.7 GB | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Clear Video HD | - | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.15 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3420's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| DVI | + | |
| VGA | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3420's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 1920x1080@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 2560x1600@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 2560x1600@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over VGA | 1920x1200@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium G3420's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.1/12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | Up to 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium G3420. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium G3420 is Phenom II X4 805, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 7 positions in our ranking.
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