Intel Pentium 997 vs Intel Pentium D 960

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1023 Intel Socket 775
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 65 nm
Transistors 504 million 376 million
Die size 131 mm² 140 mm²
Package rPGA FC-LGA4

Performance

Frequency 1600 MHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 16.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 17 W 130 W
Voltage 1.33 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2012 May 2nd, 2006
Codename Sandy Bridge Presler
Generation Pentium Pentium D
Part SR08FSR0F2SR0F9SR0V5 SL9AP
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 28K
Cache L2 256K (per core) 4MB
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Q0 Stepping: SR08F, SR0F2, SR0V5 J1 Stepping: SR0F9 C1 Stepping

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
XD bit Yes

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