Intel Pentium 977 vs Core i3-380UM

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General info

Comparing Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2523
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 October 2010 (13 years old)1 January 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134
Current price$86 $457 (3.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.33 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus support2500 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors382+177 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketBGA1288FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI--
FMA++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI++
Fast Memory Access++
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16.38 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency500 MHz1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-380UM and Pentium 977.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i3-380UM 744
Pentium 977 1148
+54.3%

Pentium 977 outperforms Core i3-380UM by 54% in Passmark.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i3-380UM 1463
+2%
Pentium 977 1435

Core i3-380UM outperforms Pentium 977 by 2% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i3-380UM 40.53
+38.2%
Pentium 977 56

Pentium 977 outperforms Core i3-380UM by 38% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i3-380UM 1
+2.8%
Pentium 977 1

Core i3-380UM outperforms Pentium 977 by 3% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2010 1 January 2012
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 17 Watt

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