C-70 vs Pentium G6951
Primary details
Comparing Pentium G6951 and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2550 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.12 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD C-Series |
| Power efficiency | 1.12 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Clarkdale (2010−2011) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 September 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 September 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $94 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium G6951 and C-70 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 | 2.8 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 81 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 382 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G6951 and C-70 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1156 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6951 and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium G6951 and C-70 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6951 and C-70 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6951 and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 Single-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 16.38 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD | AMD Radeon HD 6290 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6951 and C-70 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6951 and C-70.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2010 | 1 September 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 9 Watt |
Pentium G6951 has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
C-70, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 711.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium G6951 and C-70. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium G6951 is a desktop processor while C-70 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G6951 and C-70, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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