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Intel Pentium B970 vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
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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 Pentium B970
15 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
100 %
8C / 16T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
100 %
AMD Radeon 890M
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | AMD Ryzen Z2 (3) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium 900 (10) | AMD Ryzen AI 300 (8) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge U | Strix Point (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | PGA 988 | FP8 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 2.30 GHz |
3x Zen 5 2.00 - 5.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 5x Zen 5c 2.00 - 3.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) | AMD Radeon 890M |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz | 0.62 - 2.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 16 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2011 | Q2/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8000 (128.0 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 4.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 35 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 85 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B970 | AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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