Pentium E5500 vs Pentium B970

Place in the ranking	2720	2737
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.82	0.95
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	16 January 2012 (12 years ago)	18 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	131 mm²	82 mm²
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCPGA988	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

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.

Pentium B970 0.70
+2.9%

Pentium E5500 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.

Pentium B970 1073
+3.2%

Pentium E5500 1040

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium B970 356
+19.5%

Pentium E5500 298

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium B970 572
+21.2%

Pentium E5500 472

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.68
Recency	16 January 2012	18 April 2010
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium B970 has a 2.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500.

Be aware that Pentium B970 is a notebook processor while Pentium E5500 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and Pentium E5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.