Intel Core i3-3229Y vs Intel Pentium 2117U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000Y Intel Pentium 2000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 11.0
• Execution units
  16 6
• Generation
  7 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  850 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2012
• Shader
  128 48
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Core i3-3229Y. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3229Y and Intel Pentium 2117U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  13 W 17 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3229Y and Intel Pentium 2117U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge Y Ivy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2013 Q3/2012
• Socket
  BGA 1023 BGA 1023
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d