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Intel Pentium 2117U vs Intel Core i7-980

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 55 %
Intel Pentium 2117U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-980
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Intel Pentium 2117U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-980
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
323
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
645
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
562
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
2,714
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
367
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
614
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
696
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
3,370
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
347
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
2,275

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core i7-980
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 2000 (5)Intel Core i7 900 (4)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge UGulftown
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 1.80 GHz 3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ4/2012

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP17 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium 2117UIntel Core i7-980
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2012Q2/2011
Release price594 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel Pentium 2117U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
Intel Core i7-980
Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

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