Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Pentium G3420

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket 1150
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 22 nm
Transistors 504 million 1,400 million
Die size 131 mm² 177 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA12C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33.0x 32.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 54 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Feb 20th, 2011 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Sandy Bridge Haswell
Generation Core i3 Pentium
Part SR05Y SR1NB
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 4 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 2000 Intel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared) 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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