Follow us
Share link
Submit benchmark
VS
Intel Pentium B970 vs Intel Core i7-8557U
Last updated:
Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium B970
29 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-8557U
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium B970
16 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-8557U
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium B970
40 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-8557U
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium B970
22 %
2C / 2T · 2.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-8557U
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Pentium B970
13 %
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
Intel Core i7-8557U
100 %
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium 900 (10) | Intel Core i 8000U (8) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge U | Coffee Lake U |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | PGA 988 | BGA 1528 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 2.30 GHz | 1.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.50 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz | 0.30 - 1.15 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 48 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2011 | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 85 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Pentium B970 | Intel Core i7-8557U |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q3/2019 |
| Release price | 430 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium B970 is 2.8 stars (5 ratings), while Intel Core i7-8557U has received 3.0 stars (1 ratings).
Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
7
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
8
Intel Core i7-8557U
4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
9
Intel Pentium B970
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
Popular Comparisons
