i5-10400F vs Pentium 957

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	913
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	23.20
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	no data	11.94
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	13 June 2011 (13 years ago)	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1023	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8.01 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 957 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 June 2011	30 April 2020
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	65 Watt

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