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Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 997 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: BGA-1023

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 17 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 0 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 997 @ 1.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4005th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
3724th fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
1211th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

809

Single Thread Rating

746

Samples: 36*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,390
Thread: 810

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz

Integer Math	3,389 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,723 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,071 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	166.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	15,897 KBytes/Sec
Physics	126 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	481 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	746 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of November 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of November 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,112
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,083
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,258
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,570
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		809

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		223.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-13900K		155.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.02
Intel Core i9-12900K		148.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.86
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		746

Last 1 Baselines for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1884692 - Aug 17 2023		830

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		809
AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core GE-7060 vs Intel Pentium 997		1,010 (+24.7%)
AMD A4-3300 APU vs Intel Pentium 997		942 (+16.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium 997		930 (+14.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs Intel Pentium 997		789 (-2.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Pentium 997		731 (-9.7%)
AMD E2-3200 APU vs Intel Pentium 997		968 (+19.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ vs Intel Pentium 997		998 (+23.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e vs Intel Pentium 997		990 (+22.3%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 997		987 (+22.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Pentium 997		987 (+21.9%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium 997		975 (+20.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium 997		973 (+20.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,264
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,223
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,711
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,872
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,470
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,939
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		242