Intel Pentium G2030 vs Intel Pentium 957. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  3 2
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G2000 Intel Pentium 900

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
  3.00 GHz 1.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• 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 (Ivy Bridge GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz 0.80 GHz
• Execution units
  6 6
• Shader
  48 48
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  7 6
• DirectX Version
  11.0 10.1
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2011

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
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium 957 and Intel Pentium G2030. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• 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 G2030 and Intel Pentium 957 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G2030 and Intel Pentium G2030, 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, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Sandy Bridge U
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 BGA 1023
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2011