Intel Pentium 967 vs Intel Core i3-2310E. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 900 Intel Core i 2000M

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.30 GHz 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  6 12
• Shader
  48 96
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6 6
• DirectX Version
  10.1 10.1
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2011

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-2310E and Intel Pentium 967. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium 967 and Intel Core i3-2310E to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  17 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium 967 and Intel Pentium 967, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge U Sandy Bridge H
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1023 BGA 1023
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q1/2011