i7-2920XM Extreme vs Pentium G850

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2524not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.07no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7EE
Power efficiency1.32no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date22 May 2011 (13 years ago)9 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$27$1,096

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data25
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size131 mm2216 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million1160 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1155Socket G2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s25.598 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 3000
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 May 2011 9 January 2011
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium G850 has an age advantage of 4 months.

i7-2920XM Extreme, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 18.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G850 and Core i7-2920XM Extreme. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G850 is a desktop processor while Core i7-2920XM Extreme is a notebook one.


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