Pentium B970 vs Turion X2 RM-75

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Aggregate performance score

Turion X2 RM-75
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
Pentium B970
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.68
+61.9%

Pentium B970 outperforms Turion X2 RM-75 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Turion X2 RM-75
Pentium B970 Pentium B970

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29692729
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD TurionIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.141.84
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$125

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-75 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate4000 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-75 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
EPTno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 0.42
Pentium B970 0.68
+61.9%

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 670
Pentium B970 1073
+60.1%

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 1717
Pentium B970 2954
+72%

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 3390
Pentium B970 5697
+68.1%

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 38
Pentium B970 35.77
+6.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.42 0.68
Recency 1 January 2009 1 January 2012
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

Pentium B970 has a 61.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium B970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion X2 RM-75 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion X2 RM-75 and Pentium B970, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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