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

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

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

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No 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 10.1
• Execution units
  6 6
• Generation
  7 6
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 800 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2011
• Shader
  48 48
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm

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

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

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 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 G2030 and Intel Pentium 957 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  55 W 17 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G2030 and Intel Pentium 957, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Sandy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2011
• Socket
  LGA 1155 BGA 1023
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d