Pentium 977 vs E2-3800
Aggregated performance score
General info
Comparing E2-3800 and Pentium 977 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2543 | 2542 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Pentium |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (10 years ago) | 1 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $134 |
| Current price | $107 | $457 (3.4x MSRP) |
Technical specs
E2-3800 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on E2-3800 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FT3 | FCBGA1023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 977. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | + |
| AVX | + | no data |
| PowerTune | - | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| PowerGating | + | no data |
| Out-of-band client management | - | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| My WiFi | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
E2-3800 and Pentium 977 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 977 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 977. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1600 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16.38 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.3 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8280 | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors |
| Number of pipelines | 128 | no data |
| Enduro | + | no data |
| Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
| UVD | + | no data |
| VCE | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of E2-3800 and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 977.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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%
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%
Pentium 977 outperforms E2-3800 by 31% 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%
E2-3800 outperforms Pentium 977 by 19% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Pentium 977 outperforms E2-3800 by 75% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
E2-3800 outperforms Pentium 977 by 618% in TrueCrypt AES.
WinRAR 4.0
WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Pentium 977 outperforms E2-3800 by 10% in WinRAR 4.0.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 1 January 2012 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 17 Watt |
We couldn't decide between E2-3800 and Pentium 977. The differences in performance seem too small.
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