Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz can be found below. 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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Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988

Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

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: 21.22

Overall Rank:
3587th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
3075th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
908th fastest in out of 1413 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1082

Single Thread Rating

1029

Samples: 378*
*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	4,553 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,385 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,873 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	210.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,175 KBytes/Sec
Physics	148 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	667 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,029 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of July 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 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,044
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,530
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,539
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,040
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,892
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,847
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,793
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,082

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.69
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		21.22
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.30
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 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,080
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,047
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,686
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,660
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,616
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,429
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,029

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2085661 - Apr 24 2024		240
BL5059532 - Mar 27 2024		1318
BL2053339 - Mar 16 2024		1265
BL2019697 - Feb 09 2024		1221
BL1938341 - Nov 03 2023		906

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,082
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		967 (-10.6%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		1,021 (-5.6%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,000 (-7.6%)
AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		965 (-10.8%)
Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		857 (-20.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		846 (-21.8%)
AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium B970		828 (-23.5%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		668 (-38.3%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,225 (+13.2%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,224 (+13.1%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,082 (+0.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,079 (-0.3%)

Is the Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,083
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,927
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,860
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,696
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,640
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,539
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,420
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,211
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,208
Intel Core i5-14500HX		6,187
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H		6,038
Intel Core i7-13800H		5,912
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		499

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