Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Vs Intel Core I3-9100F - CPU

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Summary Benchmarks Specifications User Reviews Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance Rank 2 - 75 % Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core i3-9100F Multi-core performance Rank 2 - 57 % Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core i3-9100F

Geekbench 6 Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 58 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 809 Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz 1,394 1,974 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 6 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 46 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 1,755 Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 3,824 1,910 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 91 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 978 Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz 1,069 2,512 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 66 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 2,134 Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 3,249 2,483 entriesShow all results

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 61 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 1,077 Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz 1,762 750 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 60 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 395 cb Intel Core i3-9100F 100 % 4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 660 cb 1,109 entriesShow all results

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC) 417 entries Cinebench 2024 (MC) 415 entries Cinebench R23 (SC) 685 entries Cinebench R23 (MC) 660 entries Geekbench 6 (SC) 1,974 entries Geekbench 6 (MC) 1,910 entries Cinebench R20 (SC) 666 entries Geekbench 5 (SC) 2,512 entries Cinebench R20 (MC) 614 entries Geekbench 5 (MC) 2,483 entries FP32 SP (iGPU) 2,194 entries PassMark CPU-Mark 2,500 entries Blender 2.81 (bmw27) 190 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC) 249 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC) 750 entries V-Ray CPU-Render 251 entries Cinebench R15 (SC) 1,113 entries Cinebench R15 (MC) 1,109 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
Family	Intel Pentium (150)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-10100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 610	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
TDP	54 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	Intel Core i3-9100F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2019	Q2/2019
Release price	64 $	97 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium Gold G5420 is 4.7 stars (7 ratings), while Intel Core i3-9100F has received 4.1 stars (16 ratings). Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz ★★★★★ Intel Core i3-9100F 4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz ★★★★★

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