Intel Xeon Gold 6226R vs Intel Pentium B970

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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B970
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Pentium B970

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R or Intel Pentium B970 - 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 Xeon Gold 6226R has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6226R was released in Q1/2020.

The Intel Pentium B970 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B970 was released in Q1/2012.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
2 Generation 3
Cascade Lake Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6226R has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6226R is 2.90 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Intel Pentium B970 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B970 is at 2.30 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 6226R or Intel Pentium B970 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 10.1

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6226R can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The Intel Pentium B970 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
1024 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6226R is 150 W, while the Intel Pentium B970 has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6226R is manufactured in 14 nm and has 22.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium B970 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Characteristic Intel Pentium B970
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket PGA 988
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q1/2012
1300 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 (34%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 (6%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1107 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
435 (39%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
13838 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
862 (6%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1411 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
401 (28%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
10756 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
711 (7%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
27099 (100%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1080 (4%)

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 Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Pentium B970
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