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Intel Pentium 977 vs Intel Core i5-3550S

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-3550S
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-3550S
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Intel Core i5-3550S
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
781
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
535
Intel Core i5-3550S
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,528
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium 977
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
96
Intel Core i5-3550S
Intel HD Graphics 2500
110

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 3000 (31)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UIvy Bridge S
Technology32 nm22 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 1.40 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz0.65 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 486 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
TDP17 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i5-3550S
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, AVX
Release dateQ1/2012Q2/2012
Release price197 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 977
Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i5-3550S
Intel Core i5-3550S
4C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

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