Intel Pentium 957 vs Intel Pentium U5600

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 957 and Intel Pentium U5600 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 957

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 18 Watt
Launch date 19 June 2011 vs 24 May 2010
Maximum memory size 8.01 GB vs 8 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 18 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium U5600

  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 1.33 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 588 vs 574
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 1.33 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100
L3 cache 3072 KB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 588 vs 574
PassMark - CPU mark 624 vs 622

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 957
CPU 2: Intel Pentium U5600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
574
588
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
622
624
Name Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium U5600
PassMark - Single thread mark 574 588
PassMark - CPU mark 622 624

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium U5600

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Arrandale
Launch date 19 June 2011 24 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $134
Place in performance rating 2860 2851
Price now $134
Processor Number 957 U5600
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Launched Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 2.41
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.20 GHz 1.33 GHz
Die size 131 mm 81 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 105°C
Maximum frequency 1.2 GHz 1.33 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 504 million 382 million
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
Front-side bus (FSB) 2500 MHz

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s 12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8.01 GB 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR3 800

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz 166 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 800 MHz 500 MHz
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz 500 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Intel® Clear Video technology
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 31.0mm x 24.0mm (BGA1023) BGA 34mm x 28mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1023 BGA1288
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt 18 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 1
PCI Express revision 2.0 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4 1x16

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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)