Features of Pentium and Above

Microprocessors

The Pentium Microprocessor:-

• The two introductory version of of the Pentium are

operated with a clocking frequency of 60 MHz and
66MHz.
• Speed is 110 MIPS.
• The double –clocked Pentium are operated at 120MHz
and 133 MHz.They were high speed versions.
• Cache size was 16K bytes.
• The memory system contained up to 4G bytes.
• The data bus width was 64 bits.
• The data bus transfer speed was either 60 MHz or 66
MHz, depending upon the version of Pentium.

Pentium Pro Processor:-

• The clock frequency was 150 MHz and 166 MHz.
• In addition to the internal 16K level-one (L1) cache, the
Pentium Pro processor also contains a 256K level-two
(L2) cache.
• Pentium Pro Processor uses three execution engines, so it
can execute up to three instructions at a time, which can
conflict and still execute in parallel.
• It can address either 4G –byte memory system or a 64G-
byte memory system.
• It has a 36-bit address bus if configured for a 64G-byte
memory system.
• It contains 21 million transistors.integer unit,as well as a
floating-point to increase the performance of most
software.

Pentium 2 and Pentium Xeon

Microprocessor:-

• Intel has placed the Pentium 2 on a small circuit board.

• The L2 cache and microprocessor are on a circuit
board called the Pentium 2 module.
• This onboard L2 cache operates at a speed of 133 MHz
and stores 512K bytes of information.
• The microprocessor on the Pentium 2 module is
actually Pentium Pro with MMX extensions.
• In 1998, the Intel changed the bus speed of Pentium
2.the newer Pentium 2 microprocessor use a 100 MHz
bus speed.
• The Pentium 2 microprocessors rated at 350 MHz, 400
MHz, and 450 MHz all use this higher 100 MHz
memory bus speed.
 • The higher speed memory bus requires the use of 8 ns
SDRAM in place of 10 ns SDRAM found in use with
the 66 MHz bus speed.
• Pentium Xeon was the new version of Pentium 2
microprocessor.
• It was designed for high-end workstation and server
applications.
• Xeon is available with a L1 cache size of 32K bytes
and L2 cache size of either 512K, 1M, or 2M bytes.

Pentium 3 Microprocessor:-
• The Pentium 3 microprocessor uses a faster core than
the Pentium 2.
• It is also available in the slot 1 version and the Flip-
Chip version that costs less.
• It has a clock frequency up to 1 GHz.
• The slot 1 version contains 512K cache and the Flip-
Chip version contains a 256K cache.
• Both version use a memory bus speed of 100 MHz.

Pentium 4 and Core2

Microprocessors:
• The Pentium 4 is available in speeds to 3.2 GHz.
• The chip sets that support the Pentium 4 use the
RAMBUS or DDR memory technologies in place of
once standard SDRAM technology.
 • The core2 is available at speeds of up to 3 GHz.
• The Pentium 4 Extreme Edition contains 2M L2 cache.
• Core2 contains a 2M or 4M L2 cache.
• Core 2 can contain single, dual or Quad cores.
• New modifications to the Pentium and core2 include a
64-bit core and multiple cores.
• The 64-bit modification allows the microprocessor to
address more than 4G bytes of memory through a
wider 64-bit address.

Core i3, i5, i7

In January 2010, Intel released the newest generation of

Core processors as a transition away from the Core 2
family. The Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 each have a range
of capabilities that are tailored to specific computing needs
and are available with two, four or six cores. For example,
users can choose a dual core or quad core processor when
buying a computer with a Core i5 processor.

The Core i3 processor is considered entry-level, and the

Core i7 is available for more advanced users. The Core i3
processors include Hyper-Threading technology that allow
the processor to work on two tasks simultaneously. As a
result, users can run multiple applications efficiently. The
Core i5 and Core i7 processors incorporate Turbo Boost
Technology, which enables the processor to continuously
adapt to a user's specific computing needs.
• Intel core i3 has clock frequency of 2.4 GHz - 3.06
GHz.
• It has a bus speed of 1066 MHz, 1600 MHz, or 2.5
GT/s.
• It has 256KB L2 cache size and 3 MB - 4MB L3 cache
size.
• Intel core i5 has clock frequency of 1.06 GHz - 3.46
GHz.
• It has a bus speed of 2.5 GT/s.
• It has 256KB L2 cache size and 4MB - 8MB L3 cache
size.
• Intel core i7 has clock frequency of 1.6 GHz -
3.33 GHz.
• It has a bus speed of 4.8 GT/s or 6.4 GT/s.
• It has 4×256 KB L2 cache size and 6MB - 8MB
L3 cache size.