Intel Pentium B970 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium B970 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2012 and belongs to the 3 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium B970, you'll need a motherboard with a PGA 988 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium B970
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium 900
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium B970 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B970 is 2.3 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.3 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium B970 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium B970 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Execution units: 6
Shaders: 48
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Release date: Q2/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 21.3 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 35 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B970 is manufactured using a 32 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 988
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Sandy Bridge U
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q1/2012
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
1099
1099
AMD A4-3400
2C 2T @ 2.7 GHz
1082
1082
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
1080
1080
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
1076
1076
Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
1070
1070

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

MediaTek Helio P25
NoneC NoneT @ --
867
867
AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
865
865
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
862
862
Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
860
860
Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
860
860

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-2537M
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
717
717
Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
711
711
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
711
711
Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
711
711
AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
708
708

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-2328M
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
435
435
Intel Core i3-2330E
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
435
435
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
435
435
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
435
435
Intel Core i5-2467M
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
435
435

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
403
403
Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
402
402
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
401
401
Intel Core i5-2467M
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
390
390
Intel Core i3-2348M
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
390
390

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
110
110
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
110
110
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
110
110
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
110
110
Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
110
110