Pentium B970 vs Pentium M 780
Aggregate performance score
Pentium B970 outperforms Pentium M 780 by a whopping 183% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3183 | 2744 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 0.84 | 1.84 |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 25 July 2005 (19 years ago) | 16 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $125 |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 780 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.26 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.03 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | 144 million | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.26V-1.404V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 780 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | PPGA478, H-PBGA479 | FCPGA988 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| 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 | - | - |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970 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 M 780 and Pentium B970 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | - | - |
| EPT | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.15 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.24 | 0.68 |
| Recency | 25 July 2005 | 16 January 2012 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium M 780 has 29.6% lower power consumption.
Pentium B970, on the other hand, has a 183.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Pentium B970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 780 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 780 and Pentium B970, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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