Pentium SU2700 vs Core i7-620M

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2194not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 August 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$332no data
Current price$254 (0.8x MSRP)no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2.66 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus support2500 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size81+114 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors384 million410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 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
SocketBGA1288,PGA988soldered
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology+-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.1 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency766 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-620M and Pentium SU2700.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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%

i7-620M 1977
+767%
Pentium SU2700 228

Core i7-620M outperforms Pentium SU2700 by 767% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-620M 438
+217%
Pentium SU2700 138

Core i7-620M outperforms Pentium SU2700 by 217% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-620M 819
+493%
Pentium SU2700 138

Core i7-620M outperforms Pentium SU2700 by 493% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-620M 3473
+174%
Pentium SU2700 1268

Core i7-620M outperforms Pentium SU2700 by 174% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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%

i7-620M 3044
+421%
Pentium SU2700 584

Core i7-620M outperforms Pentium SU2700 by 421% 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%

i7-620M 18
+644%
Pentium SU2700 134

Pentium SU2700 outperforms Core i7-620M by 644% in wPrime 32.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 1 August 2009
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

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