Intel Pentium 957 Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Pentium 957

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 (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium 900 (10)
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): --

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
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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 & 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.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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 Intel Atom x5-Z8500
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
224
Intel Celeron N2808 Intel Celeron N2808
2C 2T @ 2.25 GHz
223
Intel Pentium T2330 Intel Pentium T2330
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
223
Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium 957
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
222
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
222
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
222
Intel Celeron N3050 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 Intel Pentium T2390
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
451
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
444
Intel Celeron N3050 Intel Celeron N3050
2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz
440
Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium 957
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
437
Intel Celeron N2830 Intel Celeron N2830
2C 2T @ 2.41 GHz
436
Intel Celeron J1750 Intel Celeron J1750
2C 2T @ 2.41 GHz
434
Intel Celeron J1800 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 Celeron 1019Y
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
77
Intel Celeron 847 Intel Celeron 847
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
77
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
ARM Mali-T624 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77
Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium 957
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
77
Samsung Exynos 7885 Samsung Exynos 7885
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 1.10 GHz
76
MediaTek Helio P25 MediaTek Helio P25
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 1.00 GHz
68
Apple A6 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 AMD E-300
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
627
Intel Celeron N3010 Intel Celeron N3010
2C 2T @ 2.24 GHz
623
Intel Atom Z3745 Intel Atom Z3745
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
621
Intel Pentium 957 Intel Pentium 957
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
620
Intel Pentium T2410 Intel Pentium T2410
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
617
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
614
Intel Celeron N3000 Intel Celeron N3000
2C 2T @ 2.08 GHz
610

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