Intel Pentium 957: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium 957 sales 19 June 2011 at a recommended price of $134. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1023 processor with a TDP of 17 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
General info
Pentium 957 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Pentium | |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | |
| Release date | 19 June 2011 (12 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $134 (1x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.2 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 957 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1023 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium 957. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | - | |
| FMA | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| My WiFi | - | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | + | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| FDI | + | |
| Fast Memory Access | + | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + | |
| Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium 957's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 8.01 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium 957.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) | |
| Quick Sync Video | - | |
| Clear Video HD | - | |
| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
| InTru 3D | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 957's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| SDVO | + | |
| CRT | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium 957. Overall benchmark performance 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%
Send your test results of Pentium 957.
Recommended GPUs
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