Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 vs Pentium 957

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium2x Athlon 64
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Hawk-256
Release date13 June 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s667 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCBGA1023no data
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size8.01 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)no data
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 957 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium 957 622
+0.3%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 620

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 31 Watt

Pentium 957 has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 82.4% lower power consumption.

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