Intel Pentium 2020M vs Intel Core i7-11700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 2000 Intel Core i 11000
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3 11
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-10700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-12700

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

• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  2 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.8 GHz

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 12
• Execution units
  6 32
• Generation
  7 12
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) Intel UHD Graphics 750
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q1/2021
• Shader
  48 256
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700 and Intel Pentium 2020M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 20
• PCIe version
  2.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium 2020M and Intel Core i7-11700 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
  90 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 224 W / 56 s

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium 2020M and Intel Core i7-11700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge U Rocket Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q1/2021
• Socket
  PGA 988 LGA 1200
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d