Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Pentium 2117U

Place in the ranking	2753	495
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	3.56	48.77
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	54 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Die size	118 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1023	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
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	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon 880M
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

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.

Pentium 2117U 0.64

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 14.43
+2155%

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.

Pentium 2117U 1022

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 22919
+2143%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	14.43
Integrated graphics card	0.77	20.24
Recency	1 September 2012	1 October 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	28 Watt

Pentium 2117U has -87.5% more threads, and 64.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has a 2154.7% higher aggregate performance score, 2528.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 2117U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 2117U and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.