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Intel Pentium 977 vs Intel Core i7-975

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-975
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 21 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-975
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Intel Core i7-975
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
607
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
535
Intel Core i7-975
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
2,460

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At a glance

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UBloomfield
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 1.40 GHz 3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
TDP17 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium 977Intel Core i7-975
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 dateQ1/2012Q4/2008
Release price1059 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 977
Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-975
Intel Core i7-975
4C / 8T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

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