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.
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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:
4015th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3735th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1212th 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 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		809

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
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		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
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

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Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz
As of 21st of December 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		978 (+20.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium 997		973 (+20.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
Intel Pentium 997 @ 1.60GHz		242

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