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Intel Pentium B970 vs Intel Core i5-670

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 68 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-670
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Intel Pentium B970
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-670
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
435
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.73 GHz
638
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
862
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.46 GHz
1,368
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
110
Intel Core i5-670
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UClarkdale
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPGA 988LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 3.46 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.73 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4812 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 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 i5-670
TDP35 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B970Intel Core i5-670
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
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2010
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B970
Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-670
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.46 - 3.73 GHz

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