Intel Pentium B970 vs Samsung Exynos 7884

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Intel Pentium B970 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7884
Intel Pentium B970 Samsung Exynos 7884

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium B970 or Samsung Exynos 7884 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium B970 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B970 was released in Q1/2012.

The Samsung Exynos 7884 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7884 was released in Q2/2018.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
Intel Pentium 900 (10) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4)
3 Generation 2
Sandy Bridge U Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium B970 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz. The Samsung Exynos 7884 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7884
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz A-Core 1.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.35 GHz
6x Cortex-A53

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7884
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP2
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.77 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
32 nm Technology 16 nm
2 Max. displays 1
6 Compute units 2
48 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 11

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP2
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium B970 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7884 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7884
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR4-1866
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium B970 has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Samsung Exynos 7884 is --.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7884
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
85 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Samsung Exynos 7884 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Pentium B970 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7884
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
PGA 988 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2012 Release date Q2/2018
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B970 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 (58%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B970 (87%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 (99%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
435 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
232 (53%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
862 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
829 (96%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
401 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
254 (63%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
711 (89%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
802 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.77 GHz
53 (48%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1080 (71%)
Samsung Exynos 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
1521 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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