Pentium 3561Y vs Pentium B970

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2725not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.83no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date16 January 2012 (12 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y 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 speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s5 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C100 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCPGA988FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt11.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+-
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d--
VT-x-+
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium 3561Y.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1612
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2012 1 January 2014
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 11 Watt

Pentium 3561Y has an age advantage of 1 year, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 218.2% lower power consumption.

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