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Intel Core i3-2120T vs Pentium G870


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Intel Core i3-2120T advantages



Intel Core i3-2120T

  • Memory performance of the microprocessor is better.
  • The processor incorporates AVX instructions. These extensions are not widely used by applications yet, but their support should improve in future programs.
  • This CPU is 46% more energy efficient.


Intel Pentium G870 advantages



Intel Pentium G870

  • The Intel Pentium G870 is 19% faster when running single-threaded applications.
  • Graphics performance of the G870 is better.
  • The official price of the Intel Pentium G870 is much lower than the price of the i3-2120T CPU.
  • The microprocessor has 60% better price/performance ratio.


i3-2120T vs G870 performance comparison

The charts in the section below demonstrate relative performance of Core i3-2120T and Pentium G870 CPUs in a few different kinds of tasks. The numbers for 'Single-threaded performance', 'Multi-threaded performance' and 'Discrete Graphics performance' charts are calculated as an average of several related benchmarks, that you can find in the "Benchmarks" tab. Consequentally, performance in individual benchmarks may be higher or lower than what you see in the charts on this page. The 'Overall performance' chart shows an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each type of task. The 'Price-performance ratio' calculates how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. This ratio does not take into account the cost of other system parts.

Single-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1
  
1.19
  
 
Higher is better
Multi-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1.01
  
1
  
 
Higher is better
Memory-intensive applications
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1.11
  
1
  
 
Higher is better
Discrete Graphics performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1
  
1.01
  
 
Higher is better
Overall performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1
  
1.03
  
 
Higher is better
Price / performance ratio
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1
  
1.6
  
 
Higher is better

  - Intel Core i3-2120T       - Intel Pentium G870

Exhaustive list of benchmarks, that show performance difference between i3-2120T and G870 in various types of programs, can be found in the "Benchmarks" tab.



i3-2120T vs G870 power consumption and price comparison

Thermal Design Power
80
64
48
32
16
0		  
 
35W
  
65W
  
 
Lower is better
Current official price
200
160
120
80
40
0		  
 
$117
  
$75
  
 
Lower is better
  

Detailed side by side comparison of Intel Core i3-2120T vs Intel Pentium G870 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of low level features of both processors is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.



Pros and Cons summary

 
Core i3-2120TPentium G870

General recommendations:
Supports AVX instructions,
Somewhat lower power consumption
General recommendations:
Performs insignificantly faster in all types of programs,
Performs slightly better in graphics applications,
Less expensive,
Much better price / performance ratio

Drawbacks:
Performs a bit worse in all kinds of tasks,
Slightly slow in graphics programs and games,
Much higher official price,
Considerably worse price / performance ratio
Drawbacks:
Lacks some instructions,
Less energy efficient


Similar processors

 
Core i3-2120TPentium G870

Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as Intel Core i3-2120T and Intel G870, however their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.

Specifications

 Intel Core i3-2120TIntel Pentium G870
 Basic details
Market segmentDesktop
ManufacturerIntel
FamilyIntel Core i3Intel Pentium Dual-Core
Model numberi3-2120TG870
CPU part numberCM8062301046008CM8062307260115
Box part numberBX80623I32120T
BXC80623I32120T		BX80623G870
Introduction dateSeptember 4, 2011June 3, 2012
Current official price$117 (as of Jan 2013)$75 (as of Jan 2013)
 
 CPU features
Core nameSandy Bridge
MicroarchitectureSandy Bridge
Technology (micron)0.032
Data width (bits)64
SocketSocket 1155
Frequency (MHz)26003100
Clock Multiplier2631
L1 cache64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)512
L3 cache (KB)3072
Max temperature (°C)6569.1
TDP (Watt)3565
Cores2
Threads42
Multiprocessing1
 
 Instruction set extensions
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology+
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions+-
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+
SSE4.2+
SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3+
 
 Supported technologies
Hyper-Threading+-
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep+
Virtualization+
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit+
 
 Integrated Graphics
GPU TypeHD 2000HD (Sandy Bridge)
Base frequency (MHz)650850
Maximum frequency (MHz)1100
 
 Integrated Memory Controller(s)
The number of controllers1
Memory channels2
Supported memoryDDR3-1066|DDR3-1333

Notes:

Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.

For detailed specifications of "Intel Core i3-2120T" or "Intel Pentium G870" parts please click on the links in the table header.

Benchmarks

MB, RAM and VID fields in the tables below identify components used to benchmark processors: MB - motherboard, RAM - memory, VID - video card. Explanation of numbers for these components is provided below all benchmark graphs. Processors in the benchmark tables are assigned the following colors:
     

    Intel Core i3-2120T

    Intel Pentium G870


3DMark03 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
87.1%111

3DMark03 game score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
98.1%111

3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
99.6%111

3DMark06 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
98.9%111

3DMark2001 score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
87.1%111

7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
60.2%111

Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
79.7%111

Apache web server - static pages benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
85.0%111

Blowfish encryption benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
96.2%111

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
96.4%111

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
83.9%111

CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
88.4%111

    Intel Core i3-2120T

    Intel Pentium G870


CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
96.4%111

CrystalMark ALU benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
89.3%111

CrystalMark FPU benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
84.1%111

CrystalMark Memory benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
97.7%111

Euler3D benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
97.4%111

FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
97.9%111

FLAC encoding - single process benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
83.9%111

Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
93.1%111

H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
96.2%111

H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
94.7%111

H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
84.4%111

LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
92.1%111

    Intel Core i3-2120T

    Intel Pentium G870


LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
83.8%111

PCMark05 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
88.9%111

PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
98.6%111

PCMark05 Memory score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
88.5%111

PCMark05 score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
92.6%111

PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
83.9%111

PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
86.1%111

Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
94.6%111

Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
73.5%111

Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
99.6%111

Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
68.9%111

Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
67.4%111

    Intel Core i3-2120T

    Intel Pentium G870


Super PI (1M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
84.7%111

WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
75.2%111

XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
95.8%111

XVid video encoding - single process benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
84.9%111

wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
93.8%111

MB - Motherboard(s):
1. ASUS ASUS P8P67

RAM - Memory:
1. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3

VID - Video card(s):
1. MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI RADEON)

CPUIDs

The table below compares two random CPUID records for Intel Core i3-2120T and Intel Pentium G870 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.

  CPUID 1 CPUID 2
ManufacturerIntel
CPU FamilyCore i3Pentium Dual-Core
Model / Processor Numberi3-2120TG870
Frequency2608 MHz3110 MHz
CWID version0.40.5
Part numberCM8062301046008CM8062307260115
S-Spec / Stepping CodeSR060SR057
 
General information
VendorGenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS) Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120T CPU @ 2.60GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G870 @ 3.10GHz
Cores2
Logical processors42
Processor typeOriginal OEM Processor
CPUID signature206A7
Family 6 (06h)
Model42 (02Ah)
Stepping 7 (07h)
TLB/Cache details64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries		64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries
 
Cache
L1 data: Associativity8-way set associative
L1 data: CommentsDirect-mapped
L1 data: Line size64 bytes
L1 data: Size2 x 32 KB
L1 instruction: Associativity8-way set associative
L1 instruction: CommentsDirect-mapped
L1 instruction: Line size64 bytes
L1 instruction: Size2 x 32 KB
L2: Associativity8-way set associative
L2: CommentsNon-inclusive|Direct-mapped
L2: Line size64 bytes
L2: Size2 x 256 KB
L3: Associativity12-way set associative
L3: CommentsInclusive|Shared between all cores
L3: Line size64 bytes
L3: Size3 MB
 
Instruction set extensions
AVX+-
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+
SSE4.2+
SSSE3+
 
Additional instructions
CLFLUSH+
CMOV+
CMPXCHG16B+
CMPXCHG8B+
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE+
MONITOR/MWAIT+
PCLMULDQ+
POPCNT+
RDTSCP+
SYSENTER/SYSEXIT+
XSAVE / XRESTORE states+
 
Major features
64-bit / Intel 64+
Enhanced SpeedStep+
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Intel Virtualization+
NX bit/XD-bit+
On-chip Floating Point Unit+
 
Other features
36-bit page-size extensions+
64-bit debug store+
Advanced programmable interrupt controller+
CPL qualified debug store+
Debug store+
Debugging extensions+
Digital Thermal Sensor capability+
LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode+
Machine check architecture+
Machine check exception+
Memory-type range registers+
Model-specific registers+
Page attribute table+
Page global extension+
Page-size extensions (4MB pages)+
Pending break enable+
Perfmon and Debug capability+
Physical address extensions+
Power Limit Notification capability+
Process context identifiers+
Self-snoop+
TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states+
Thermal monitor+
Thermal monitor 2+
Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities+
Time stamp counter+
Timestamp counter deadline+
Virtual 8086-mode enhancements+
xTPR Update Control+

+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed

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