Pentium B970 vs Apple M1 Pro

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1 Pro
2021
10 cores / 10 threads
10.83
+1493%
Pentium B970
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.68

Apple M1 Pro outperforms Pentium B970 by a whopping 1493% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7212744
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M-SeriesIntel Pentium
Power efficiencyno data1.84
Architecture codenameno dataSandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date18 October 2021 (3 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$125

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads102
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache2.9 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache28 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache24 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors33700 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
EPTno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium B970.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 Pro 10.83
+1493%
Pentium B970 0.68

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M1 Pro 17200
+1503%
Pentium B970 1073

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.83 0.68
Recency 18 October 2021 1 January 2012
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 10 2
Chip lithography 5 nm 32 nm

Apple M1 Pro has a 1492.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M1 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B970 in performance tests.


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