Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B970 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.

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Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988

Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B970 @ 2.30GHz, Intel Pentium CPU B970 @ 2.30GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 21.04

Overall Rank:
3719th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
3196th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
933rd fastest in out of 1434 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $50.99 USD (2014-11-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1073

Single Thread Rating

1018

Samples: 380*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,937
Thread: 1,157

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Integer Math	4,518 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,368 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,839 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	208.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	20,979 KBytes/Sec
Physics	146 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	661 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,018 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,004
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,419
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,485
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,016
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,837
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,805
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,735
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,073

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.69
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.50
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		21.04
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.25
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,073
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,043
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,676
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,654
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,613
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,421
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,018

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2232067 - Oct 29 2024		502
BL2172490 - Aug 18 2024		1299
BL2085661 - Apr 24 2024		240
BL5059532 - Mar 27 2024		1318
BL2053339 - Mar 16 2024		1265

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,073
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		985 (-8.2%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		954 (-11.1%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,000 (-6.8%)
AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		965 (-10.0%)
Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		857 (-20.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		847 (-21.0%)
AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium B970		828 (-22.9%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		668 (-37.8%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,231 (+14.8%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,221 (+13.8%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,087 (+1.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,075 (+0.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,112
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,003
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,915
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,817
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,593
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,273
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,226
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,201
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,010
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		5,955
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,940
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		212

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