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Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Pentium B970
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i3-10100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Intel Pentium B970
28 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i3-10100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
Intel Pentium B970
15 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i3-10100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Intel Pentium B970
38 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i3-10100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz
Intel Pentium B970
20 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i3-10100
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Intel Pentium B970
26 %
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i3 (205) | Intel Pentium (150) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 10000 (43) | Intel Pentium 900 (10) |
| Architecture | Comet Lake S | Sandy Bridge U |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1200 | PGA 988 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i3-9100 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.60 GHz | 2.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.30 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.10 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.10 GHz | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 6 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q2/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 85 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i3-10100 | Intel Pentium B970 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q1/2012 |
| Release price | 134 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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