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Intel Pentium B970 vs Intel Core i5-2400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 65 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2400
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2400
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
401
Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
598
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
711
Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
1,778
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
435
Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
691
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
862
Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
2,345
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
110
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge USandy Bridge S
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPGA 988LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 486 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
TDP35 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-2400
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2011
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B970
Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.40 GHz

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