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: 21.32

Overall Rank:
3914th fastest in multithreading out of 5116 CPUs
3392nd fastest in single threading out of 5116 CPUs
980th fastest in out of 1486 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1087

Single Thread Rating

1017

Samples: 389*
*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	4,497 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,360 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,840 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	212.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,051 KBytes/Sec
Physics	145 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	698 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,017 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of May 2025.
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 13th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,865
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,109
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,295
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,774
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,660
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,678
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,714
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,581
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,087

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.91
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.01
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		21.32
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.16
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 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,050
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,921
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,652
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,635
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,410
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,017

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2609808 - May 08 2025		1282
BL2605333 - May 06 2025		273
BL2577987 - Apr 24 2025		1290
BL2362625 - Jan 23 2025		1271
BL2348526 - Jan 17 2025		1302

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
As of 13th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,087
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,002 (-7.8%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		919 (-15.5%)
AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		1,135 (+4.4%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		977 (-10.1%)
Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		869 (-20.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		854 (-21.5%)
AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium B970		828 (-23.9%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		668 (-38.6%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,248 (+14.8%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,205 (+10.9%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,088 (+0.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,080 (-0.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,713
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,261
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,157
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,921
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,108
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,067
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		6,953
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,952
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,796
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,793
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,777
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		211

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