AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs Intel Pentium B970

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AMD Phenom II X2 545 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B970
AMD Phenom II X2 545 Intel Pentium B970

CPU comparison

AMD Phenom II X2 545 or Intel Pentium B970 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 was released in Q2/2009.

The Intel Pentium B970 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B970 was released in Q1/2012.
AMD Phenom II (52) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Phenom II - 545 (9) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
2 Generation 3
Callisto (K10) Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. The Intel Pentium B970 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz.

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 10.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B970 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has a TDP of 80 W, that of the Intel Pentium B970 is 35 W.

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium B970 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
45 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3 Socket PGA 988
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2009 Release date Q1/2012
65 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Phenom II X2 545 (91%)
Intel Pentium B970 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Phenom II X2 545 (92%)
Intel Pentium B970 (78%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
398 (91%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
435 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
723 (84%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
862 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1931 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1080 (56%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
401 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
711 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
79 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
152 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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