Intel Pentium 2117U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-04

The Intel Pentium 2117U was released in Q3/2012 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 2 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1023. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Pentium 2117U achieved a result of 367 points (single-core) or 696 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Pentium 2117U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Pentium 2117U.
Name:	Intel Pentium 2117U
Family:	Intel Pentium
CPU group:	Intel Pentium 2000
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 2117U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 2117U is 1.80 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 2
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium 2117U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Pentium 2117U has the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) installed, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors (48 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.00 GHz
Compute units:	6
Shader:	48
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7
Direct X:	11.0
Technology:	22 nm
Release date:	Q4/2012

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium 2117U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3L-1333 DDR3L-1600 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s 21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Pentium 2117U has a TDP of 17 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	17 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	90 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Pentium 2117U is made in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1023
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	2.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q3/2012
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium 2117U
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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium 2117U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X4 630 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	363
	AMD Athlon II X4 620e 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	340
	AMD Athlon II X4 620 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	337
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	331
	AMD Athlon II X4 615e 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	327
	Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	314
	AMD Athlon II X4 610e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	314

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron N4500 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	723
	Intel Pentium Gold 4417U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	647
	Intel Core m3-7Y30 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	645
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	612
	Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	579
	AMD Athlon II X2 270u 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	531
	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	478

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3800 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	368
	Intel Core2 Duo E7200 2C 2T @ 2.53 GHz	368
	MediaTek Helio G70 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	368
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	367
	Intel Atom x6414RE 4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	367
	AMD A10-7400P 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	366
	Intel Core2 Duo E6700 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	365

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 240 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	707
	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	703
	AMD Athlon II X2 220 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	699
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	696
	Intel Atom E3845 4C 4T @ 1.91 GHz	696
	Intel Celeron 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	694
	AMD A8-7150B 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	694

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Samsung Exynos 7885 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	330
	Intel Pentium E5200 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	329
	Intel Celeron 1037U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	324
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	323
	HiSilicon Kirin 710A 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	323
	MediaTek MT8183 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	320
	Intel Core i3-3217U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	318

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Atom x5-Z8550 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	568
	Intel Celeron J1900 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	564
	Intel Pentium N3700 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	563
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	562
	Intel Pentium 3558U 2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz	561
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	560
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	555

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Celeron G1610 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz	101
	Intel Pentium G2020 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz	101
	MediaTek Helio P70 ARM Mali-G72 MP3 @ 0.90 GHz	100
	Intel Pentium 2117U Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	96
	UNISOC T616 ARM Mali-G57 MP1 @ 0.75 GHz	96
	Intel Pentium 997 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	96
	Intel Pentium 987 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	96

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	1024
	Intel Celeron 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	1024
	MediaTek MT6750 8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz	1022
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	1021
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	1021
	Intel Pentium 2127U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	1019
	Intel Core2 Duo E6700 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	1014

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.70 GHz	355
	AMD A4-5000 4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	354
	Intel Celeron 3205U 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	348
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	347
	Intel Core2 Duo E4500 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	346
	Intel Pentium 3558U 2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz	346
	Intel Celeron 1000M 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	346

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X4 620 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	62
	AMD Athlon II X4 620e 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	62
	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 6C 6T @ 1.60 GHz	62
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	61
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	61
	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	61
	Intel Celeron 3205U 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	61

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron 3205U 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	117
	AMD A4-4000 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	116
	Intel Atom x5-Z8350 4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz	116
	Intel Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	115
	Intel Core i3-4010Y 2C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	114
	Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	113
	Intel Celeron N2930 4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz	113

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
566 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
542 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,439 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,412 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,700 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,649 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,340 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
728 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,105 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,100 entries

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