Intel Pentium 957 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-20

The Intel Pentium 957 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1023 socket and was released in Q2/2011. The Intel Pentium 957 scores 222 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 437 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Pentium 957. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Pentium 957.
Name:	Intel Pentium 957
Family:	Intel Pentium
CPU group:	Intel Pentium 900
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 957 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 957 is 1.20 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.20 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 957 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium 957 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.80 GHz
Compute units:	6
Shader:	48
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Release date:	Q2/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

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:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333	21.3 GB/s 21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory:	8 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	17 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 957 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	32 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:	Q2/2011
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium 957
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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium 957 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.

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.


	Intel Atom x5-Z8500 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	224
	Intel Celeron N2808 2C 2T @ 2.25 GHz	223
	Intel Pentium T2330 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	223
	Intel Pentium 957 2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz	222
	AMD Athlon II X2 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	222
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	222
	Intel Celeron N3050 2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz	221

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.


	Intel Pentium T2390 2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz	451
	AMD A9-9420e 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	444
	Intel Celeron N3050 2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz	440
	Intel Pentium 957 2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz	437
	Intel Celeron N2830 2C 2T @ 2.41 GHz	436
	Intel Celeron J1750 2C 2T @ 2.41 GHz	434
	Intel Celeron J1800 2C 2T @ 2.58 GHz	434

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 1019Y Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	77
	Intel Celeron 847 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	77
	Samsung Exynos 5260 ARM Mali-T624 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz	77
	Intel Pentium 957 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	77
	Samsung Exynos 7885 ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 1.10 GHz	76
	MediaTek Helio P25 ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 1.00 GHz	68
	Apple A6 PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) @ 0.27 GHz	68

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.


	AMD E-300 2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz	627
	Intel Celeron N3010 2C 2T @ 2.24 GHz	623
	Intel Atom Z3745 4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz	621
	Intel Pentium 957 2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz	620
	Intel Pentium T2410 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	617
	Intel Atom Z3740D 4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz	614
	Intel Celeron N3000 2C 2T @ 2.08 GHz	610

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,428 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,402 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,943 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries

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