Intel Pentium G2020 vs Intel Core i5-10210U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G2000 Intel Core i 10000U
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i5
• Generation
  3 10
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  6 24
• Generation
  7 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q3/2019
• Shader
  48 192
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-10210U and Intel Pentium G2020. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR4-2666LPDDR3-2133LPDDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G2020 and Intel Core i5-10210U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  55 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G2020 and Intel Core i5-10210U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Comet Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1155 BGA 1526
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d