Intel Pentium 957 vs Intel Core i7-2670QM. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 900 Intel Core i 2000M
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 2
• 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
  1.2 GHz 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 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
  10.1 10.1
• Execution units
  6 12
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  800 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2011
• Shader
  48 96
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2670QM and Intel Pentium 957. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium 957 and Intel Core i7-2670QM 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
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  17 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium 957 and Intel Core i7-2670QM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge U Sandy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q4/2011
• Socket
  BGA 1023 PGA 988
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT