Pentium B970 vs PRO A10-9700

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Aggregate performance score

PRO A10-9700
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.30
+238%
Pentium B970
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.68

PRO A10-9700 outperforms Pentium B970 by a whopping 238% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18032729
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.351.84
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$125

Detailed specifications

PRO A10-9700 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size250 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C85 °C
Number of transistors3,100 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-9700 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA++
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
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

PRO A10-9700 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 PRO A10-9700 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 PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
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 cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes816

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.

PRO A10-9700 2.30
+238%
Pentium B970 0.68

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.

PRO A10-9700 3652
+240%
Pentium B970 1073

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.30 0.68
Recency 27 July 2017 1 January 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

PRO A10-9700 has a 238.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium B970, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The PRO A10-9700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B970 in performance tests.

Note that PRO A10-9700 is a desktop processor while Pentium B970 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between PRO A10-9700 and Pentium B970, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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