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General information Pentium G2120 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q4 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Pentium Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Pentium G2120 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 33256 0 % 29678 10.8 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 10 % 69.7 %
Benchmark Score 1223 0 % 776 36.5 %
Single Thread Score 1709.9 0 % 1235.8 27.7 %
Encrypting Data 2782.1 MB/s 0 % 1780.5 MB/s 36 %
Compressing Data 33 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 25.9 %
String objects sorting 4314.7 thousand/s 0 % 3360.7 thousand/s 22.1 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 35.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6816.8 millions/s 0 % 5215.1 millions/s 23.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5035 millions/s 0 % 3038.6 millions/s 39.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Pentium G2120, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Pentium G2120 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.6 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 85.7 FPS 68.7 FPS
Medium settings 107.1 FPS 85.9 FPS
Low settings 133.9 FPS 107.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Pentium G2120 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.2 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 174.7 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 218.3 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 272.9 FPS 257.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %
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