Essentially, the improvements in the Pentium chip (being a 3rd-gen "Ivy Bridge" processor, versus the i3's 2nd-gen "Sandy Bridge" specs) is offset by the Pentium's lack of hyperthreading. Hence, their benchmarks are nearly identical, with the Pentium winning a few & the core i3 winning a few.
Essentially, the improvements in the Pentium chip (being a 3rd-gen "Ivy Bridge" processor, versus the i3's 2nd-gen "Sandy Bridge" specs) is offset by the Pentium's lack of hyperthreading. Hence, their benchmarks are nearly identical, with the Pentium winning a few & the core i3 winning a few.