Intel Pentium 997 vs Intel Pentium 2117U

Intel Pentium 997
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 997
Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 2117U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium 997
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    117%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 997
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 997
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    118%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 997

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2117U

17% higher single threaded performance.
18% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 17% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium 2117U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2117U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.
Intel VT-x

Architecture

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel BGA1023
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagerPGAvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size131mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 997Intel Pentium 2117U
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs1800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP17 Wvs17 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 997
    1600 points
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    1854 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 997
    3200 points
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium 997
    1963
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    2322

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium 997
    1168
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    1368

points - higher is better