Pentium B970
Intel
PassMark
1,093
Performance
Budget
Performance Spectrum - CPU
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Overview
The Pentium B970 is manufactured by Intel. It was released in 1 January 2012 (13 years ago). It is based on the Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) architecture. It features 2 cores and 2 threads. Base frequency is 2.3 GHz, with boost up to 2.3 GHz. L3 cache: 2 MB (total). L2 cache: 256K (per core). Built on 32 nm process technology. Socket: PGA988. Thermal design power (TDP): 35 Watt. Memory support: DDR3. Passmark benchmark score: 1,093 points. Launch price was $125.
Specifications
General
- Type
- Para notebooks
- Series
- Intel Pentium
- Designer
- Intel
- Launch price
- $125
- Manufacturer
- Intel
- Release date
- 1 January 2012 (13 years ago)
- Architecture codename
- Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
- Performance ranking position
- 3013
Technical
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 2
- Die size
- 131 mm2
- L1 cache
- 64K (per core)
- L2 cache
- 256K (per core)
- L3 cache
- 2 MB (total)
- Max frequency
- 2.3 GHz
- Multiplicador
- 23
- 64-bit support
- +
- Base frequency
- 2.3 GHz
- Transistor count
- 504 million
- Type de autocarro
- DMI 2.0
- Process technology
- 32 nm
- Max core temperature
- 85 °C
- Velocidade dos pneus
- 4 × 5 GT/s
- Compatibilidade com Windows 11
- -
Compatibility
- Socket
- PGA988
- Power consumption (TDP)
- 35 Watt
- Max processors in config
- 1 (Uniprocessor)
Memory
- RAM types
- DDR3
- Memory channels
- 2
- Memory bandwidth
- 21.335 GB/s
- Max memory capacity
- 16 GB
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