Pentium 977 vs Pentium E5700

Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5700
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.68
Pentium 977
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.72
+5.9%

Pentium 977 outperforms Pentium E5700 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27242684
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.994.01
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date8 August 2010 (14 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$110$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5700 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data14
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Number of transistors228 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5700 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16.38 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 E5700 0.68
Pentium 977 0.72
+5.9%

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 E5700 1081
Pentium 977 1148
+6.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 0.72
Recency 8 August 2010 1 January 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 17 Watt

Pentium 977 has a 5.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 282.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977.

Note that Pentium E5700 is a desktop processor while Pentium 977 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5700 and Pentium 977, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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