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Intel Pentium 997 vs Intel Core M-5Y10a

Intel

Intel Pentium 997

Intel BGA1023 1600 MHz 2 cores Sep 2012 MOBILE
Intel Pentium 997
Intel

Intel Core M-5Y10a

800 MHz 2 cores Sep 2014 MOBILE
Intel Core M-5Y10a

Summary

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 997

  • Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider the Intel Core M-5Y10a

  • This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
  • Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Intel Core M-5Y10a
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the Intel Core M-5Y10a

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium 997
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the Intel Pentium 997

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.
AVX
EIST
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgeIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobileMobile
Memory SupportDDR3DDR4
CodenameSandy BridgeBroadwell-Y
Release DateSep 2012Sep 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
Cores22
Threads24
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)Intel HD 5300

Cache

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
SocketIntel BGA1023
Max Case Tempunknownunknown
PackagerPGA
Die Size131mm²50mm²
Process32 nm14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 997Intel Core M-5Y10a
Cpu Frequency1600 MHz800 MHz
Turbo Clocknone2000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltageunknownunknown
TDP17 W5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 9971600 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y10a2240 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 9973200 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y10a2150 points

Points - higher is better

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