Intel Pentium B970 vs AMD A10-7300

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Intel Pentium B970 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-7300
Intel Pentium B970 AMD A10-7300

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium B970 or AMD A10-7300 - 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 Intel Pentium B970 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B970 was released in Q1/2012.

The AMD A10-7300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7300 was released in Q2/2014.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium 900 (10) CPU group AMD A10-7000 (7)
3 Generation 4
Sandy Bridge U Architecture Kaveri (Steamroller)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium B970 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz. The AMD A10-7300 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic AMD A10-7300
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 GHz

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.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic AMD A10-7300
-- 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.46 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.53 GHz
6 GPU Generation 6
32 nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
6 Compute units 6
48 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium B970 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7300 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic AMD A10-7300
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory DDR3-1600
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium B970 has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD A10-7300 is 19 W.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic AMD A10-7300
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 19 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
85 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD A10-7300 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic AMD A10-7300
32 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
PGA 988 Socket FM2+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2012 Release date Q2/2014
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B970 (100%)
AMD A10-7300 (74%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B970 (68%)
AMD A10-7300 (98%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
435 (100%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
322 (74%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
862 (100%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
823 (95%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (27%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) @ 0.53 GHz
409 (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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1080 (36%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3010 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
401 (100%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
711 (100%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
44 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-7300 AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
139 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium B970 AMD A10-7300
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