Intel Pentium 957 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T6600

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 957 and Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium 957

Intel Core 2 Duo T6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 957

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	19 June 2011 vs 6 January 2009
Maximum core temperature	100 vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T6600

Around 83% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 860 vs 574
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 793 vs 622

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	860 vs 574
PassMark - CPU mark	793 vs 622

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 957
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

574

860

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

622

793

Name	Intel Pentium 957	Intel Core 2 Duo T6600
PassMark - Single thread mark	574	860
PassMark - CPU mark	622	793
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		273
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		469

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium 957	Intel Core 2 Duo T6600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Penryn
Launch date	19 June 2011	6 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$134
Place in performance rating	2860	2866
Price now	$134	$18.90
Processor Number	957	T6600
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	2.41	21.26
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.20 GHz	2.20 GHz
Die size	131 mm	107 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2048 KB
L3 cache	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100	90°C
Maximum frequency	1.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	504 million	410 million
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Front-side bus (FSB)		800 MHz
VID voltage range		1.00V-1.250V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	8.01 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	800 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	31.0mm x 24.0mm (BGA1023)	35 mm x 35 mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1023	PGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)