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Intel Pentium 2117U

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Pentium 2117U

Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium 2117U

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Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm vs 65 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much lower typical power consumption 13.81W vs 101.56W 7.4x lower typical power consumption
Has a built-in GPU Yes vs No Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required
Much higher Maximum operating temperature 105 °C vs 61 °C More than 70% higher Maximum operating temperature
Significantly better performance per watt 5.2 pt/W vs 0.96 pt/W Around 5.5x better performance per watt
Newer Sep, 2012 vs Jul, 2008 Release date over 4 years later
Much lower annual home energy cost 4.1 $/year vs 30.11 $/year 7.4x lower annual home energy cost
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 14.89 $/year vs 109.5 $/year 7.4x lower annual commercial energy cost
More l3 cache per core 1 MB/core vs 0.5 MB/core 2x more l3 cache per core
Better geekbench 3 single core score 1,451 vs 1,237 More than 15% better geekbench 3 single core score
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Significantly more l2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Higher clock speed 2.5 GHz vs 1.8 GHz Around 40% higher clock speed
Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 4,424 vs 2,488 Around 80% better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score
More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.72 GHz vs 1.85 GHz More than 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
More threads 4 vs 2 Twice as many threads
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.88 GHz vs 1.8 GHz Around 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium 2117U vs Phenom X4 9850

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium 2117U
93,650 MB/s
Phenom X4 9850
97,500 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

GeekBench

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

PassMark (Single Core)

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Pentium 2117U  vs
Phenom X4 9850 
Clock speed 1.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Cores Dual core Quad core
Socket type
BGA 1023
AM2+

features

Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption

TDP 17W 125W
Annual home energy cost 4.1 $/year 30.11 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 14.89 $/year 109.5 $/year
Performance per watt 5.2 pt/W 0.96 pt/W
Typical power consumption 13.81W 101.56W

details

Pentium 2117U  vs
Phenom X4 9850 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 2 4
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core 0.5 MB/core
L3 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache per core 1 MB/core 0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 65 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 105°C Unknown - 61°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 1.85 GHz 2.72 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 1.8 GHz 2.88 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 1.85 GHz 2.72 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU None
Label Intel® HD Graphics N/A
Number of displays supported 3 N/A
GPU clock speed 350 MHz N/A
Turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz N/A
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