Pentium

Pentium is a series of <a href="/facts/X86/Kypq5fgu">x86</a> architecture-compatible <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessors</a> produced by <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> from 1993 to 2023. The <a href="/facts/Pentium_(original)/dqChAmxz">original Pentium</a> was Intel's fifth generation processor, succeeding the <a href="/facts/I486/2zfEAXAw">i486</a>; Pentium was Intel's flagship processor line for over a decade until the introduction of the <a href="/facts/Intel_Core/lwa8VSdT">Intel Core</a> line in 2006. Pentium-branded processors released from 2009 onwards were considered entry-level products positioned above the low-end <a href="/facts/Intel_Atom/1rB5zJyz">Atom</a> and <a href="/facts/Celeron/kX00LpnM">Celeron</a> series, but below the faster Core lineup and workstation/server <a href="/facts/Xeon/j1M8Hp6D">Xeon</a> series. 
The later Pentiums, which have little more than their name in common with earlier Pentiums, were based on both the architecture used in Atom and that of Core processors. In the case of Atom architectures, Pentiums were the highest performance implementations of the architecture. Pentium processors with Core architectures prior to 2017 were distinguished from the faster, higher-end i-series processors by lower <a href="/facts/Clock_rate/w055Woaj">clock rates</a> and disabling some features, such as <a href="/facts/Hyper-threading/hjqGgK8V">hyper-threading</a>, <a href="/facts/Intel_VT/utQwmdY3">virtualization</a> and sometimes L3 <a href="/facts/CPU_cache/x8BYFcdv">cache</a>. In 2017, the Pentium brand was split up into two separate lines using the Pentium name: Pentium Silver, aiming for low-power devices using the Atom and Celeron architectures; and Pentium Gold, aiming for entry-level desktop and using existing architectures such as <a href="/facts/Kaby_Lake/DbfMWB0T">Kaby Lake</a> or <a href="/facts/Coffee_Lake/oASqYsf2">Coffee Lake</a>.
In September 2022, Intel announced that the Pentium and Celeron brands were to be replaced with the new "Intel Processor" branding for low-end processors in laptops from 2023 onwards. This applied to desktops using Pentium processors as well, and was discontinued around the same time laptops stopped using Pentium processors in favor of "Intel Processor" processors in 2023.

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