V-Series V120 vs Pentium B970
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B970 and V-Series V120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2653 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | AMD V-Series |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 16 January 2012 (12 years ago) | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B970 and V-Series V120 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 4 × 5 GT/s | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 504 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B970 and V-Series V120 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) | no data |
| Socket | Socket G2 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and V-Series V120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| FMA | + | no data |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and V-Series V120 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and V-Series V120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and V-Series V120.
| 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium B970 outperforms V-Series V120 by 58% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Pentium B970 outperforms V-Series V120 by 204% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Pentium B970 outperforms V-Series V120 by 144% in 3DMark06 CPU.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
V-Series V120 outperforms Pentium B970 by 94% in wPrime 32.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
Pentium B970 outperforms V-Series V120 by 202% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 January 2012 | 12 May 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Pentium B970 has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
V-Series V120, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium B970 and V-Series V120. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and V-Series V120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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