Pentium 957 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2482	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 November 2013 (10 years ago)	19 June 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	$134
Current price	$559 (5.9x MSRP)	$134 (1x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.2 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	-
FMA	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8.01 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	800 MHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 957.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	16
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2013	19 June 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$94	$134
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	17 Watt

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