Pentium B970 vs A6 Pro-7050B

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Aggregate performance score

A6 Pro-7050B
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.64
Pentium B970
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.68
+6.3%

Pentium B970 outperforms A6 Pro-7050B by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27792744
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.561.84
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$125

Detailed specifications

A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size245 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors2410 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP3FCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA++
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
EPTno data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
iGPU core count3no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์192no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6 Pro-7050B 0.64
Pentium B970 0.68
+6.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6 Pro-7050B 1010
Pentium B970 1073
+6.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A6 Pro-7050B 1820
Pentium B970 2954
+62.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A6 Pro-7050B 2930
Pentium B970 5697
+94.4%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6 Pro-7050B 1468
Pentium B970 2328
+58.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A6 Pro-7050B 47.98
Pentium B970 35.77
+34.1%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A6 Pro-7050B 1
Pentium B970 2
+78.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A6 Pro-7050B 0.57
Pentium B970 0.84
+47.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 0.68
Recency 4 June 2014 1 January 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

A6 Pro-7050B has an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

Pentium B970, on the other hand, has a 6.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A6 Pro-7050B and Pentium B970.


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