is the size i3 3220 3rd gen ivy bridge and pentium g2020 the same?

[swojas12]

is the size i3 3220 3rd gen ivy bridge and pentium g2020 the same?

 

[Dunlop0078]

No. The G2020 has 2 cores and 2 threads, the i3 3220 has 2 cores and 4 threads. Basically one i3 is hyper threaded the Pentium is not, the i3 also has higher stock clock speeds. Besides that they are pretty similar, if you took one core out of the Pentium and one core out of the i3 and compared them at the same clock speed they would perform the same.

 

[swojas12]

i meant size do they look same?

 

[swojas12]

will i3 3220 fit in my dh61bf motherboard

 

[swojas12]

and is there any thing else i have to buy
here are my old specs
ram:-6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
motherboard:-Intel Corporation DH61BF
graphics:- NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
storage:-465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA)
processor😛entium g2020

im just replacing g2020 with i3 3220
will i3 3220 perfectely work

 

[rolli59]

It will work fine. https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/boardsandkits/desktop-boards/DH61BF.pdf
And yes physical size is the same since same socket.

 

[swojas12]

thnks

 

[swojas12]

after upgrading my processor do i have to reinstall windows

 

[COLGeek]

after upgrading my processor do i have to reinstall windows

No, you should not have to reinstall Windows as a result of swapping the CPU.