Atom D410 vs Pentium 997
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 997 outperforms Atom D410 by a whopping 380% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3205 | 3692 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.19 | 0.42 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Pineview (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 1 September 2012 (13 years ago) | 4 January 2010 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | $636 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium 997 and Atom D410 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium 997 and Atom D410 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.67 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 16 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | 123 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 997 and Atom D410 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 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 997 and Atom D410. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| FMA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium 997 and Atom D410 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 997 and Atom D410 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | - | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 997 and Atom D410. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors | Intel GMA 3150 |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 997 and Atom D410 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 997 and Atom D410.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.48 | 0.10 |
| Recency | 1 September 2012 | 4 January 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 10 Watt |
Pentium 997 has a 380% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 41% more advanced lithography process.
Atom D410, on the other hand, has 70% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium 997 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom D410 in performance tests.
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