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: 21.43

Overall Rank:
4228th fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
3660th fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
1005th fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1093

Single Thread Rating

1020

Samples: 398*
*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	4,444 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,382 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,825 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	213.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,092 KBytes/Sec
Physics	146 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	724 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,020 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,357
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,832
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,528
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,612
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,413
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,093

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.49
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.21
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.46
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		21.43
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.05
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,514
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,029
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,011
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,892
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,621
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,590
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,394
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,020

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3092933 - Nov 29 2025		617
BL3090398 - Nov 28 2025		811
BL2976340 - Oct 14 2025		1017
BL2959897 - Oct 07 2025		1266
BL2949770 - Oct 03 2025		1284

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		1,093
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,019 (-6.8%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		922 (-15.6%)
AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B970		1,135 (+3.9%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		967 (-11.5%)
Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		873 (-20.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		858 (-21.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo T7500 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		827 (-24.3%)
AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium B970		828 (-24.3%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		668 (-38.9%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B970		1,199 (+9.7%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,101 (+0.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium B970		1,087 (-0.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,683
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,040
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,985
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,874
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,792
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,960
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,780
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,719
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,709
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz		211

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