Intel Pentium B970 vs AMD A4-3300M

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium B970		AMD A4-3300M
CPU comparison Intel Pentium B970 or AMD A4-3300M - 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 A4-3300M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-3300M was released in Q2/2011.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium 900 (10)	CPU group	AMD A4-3000M (5)
3	Generation	1
Sandy Bridge U	Architecture	Llano (K10)
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 A4-3300M has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz (2.50 GHz).
Intel Pentium B970	Characteristic	AMD A4-3300M
2	Cores	2
2	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.30 GHz	Frequency	1.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.50 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 A4-3300M
--	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 HD 6480G
0.65 GHz	GPU frequency	0.44 GHz
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	3
32 nm	Technology	32 nm
2	Max. displays	2
6	Compute units	3
48	Shader	240
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	1 GB
10.1	DirectX Version	11

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 HD 6480G
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode
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 A4-3300M can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Pentium B970	Characteristic	AMD A4-3300M
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1333
16 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 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 A4-3300M is 35 W.
Intel Pentium B970	Characteristic	AMD A4-3300M
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 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 A4-3300M cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Pentium B970	Characteristic	AMD A4-3300M
32 nm	Technology	32 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE3, SSE4a
PGA 988	Socket	FS1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems
Q1/2012	Release date	Q2/2011
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B970 (100%)

AMD A4-3300M (59%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B970 (94%)

AMD A4-3300M (77%)

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 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	435 (100%)
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	257 (59%)

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 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	862 (100%)
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	467 (54%)

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 HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz	110 (52%)
	AMD A4-3300M AMD Radeon HD 6480G @ 0.44 GHz	213 (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 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1080 (87%)
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	1242 (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 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	401 (100%)
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 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 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	711 (100%)
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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