Intel Pentium 2117U vs Intel Core M-5Y31

Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel Core M-5Y31
MOBILE
900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2014
Intel Core M-5Y31

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    232%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    146%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    274%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2117U

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core M-5Y31

Much higher single threaded performance (around 46% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 174% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 132% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.
AVX
EIST
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy BridgevsBroadwell-Y
Release DateSep 2012vsOct 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HDvsIntel HD 5300

Cache

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
SocketIntel BGA1023vs
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-PGA12Fvs
Die Size118mm²vs50mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core M-5Y31
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs900 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs2400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP17 Wvs5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    1854 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2688 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    3708 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2419 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    1884.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2589

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    2364.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    3395.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    4425
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    6563

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    0.74
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    1.39
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2.2

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    58
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    98

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    120
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    208

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    21.56
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    15.9

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    990
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1745

MB/s - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    0.12
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    0.09
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    0.06
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.11

GB/s