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Intel Pentium B970 vs Intel Core i3-1215U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 23 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1215U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 14 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1215U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
401
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
2,079
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
711
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
4,135
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
435
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
1,596
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
862
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
5,328
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
110
Intel Core i3-1215U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
1,091

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UAlder Lake U
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 988BGA 1744
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-1315U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
2.30 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.20 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Gracemont
0.90 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache4.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB10.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4864 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays24
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 164.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
TDP35 W15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i3-1215U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B970
Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.20 - 4.40 GHz

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