Celeron J1900 vs Pentium B970

Place in performance ranking	2678	2640
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Bay Trail-D (2013)
Release date	16 January 2012 (12 years ago)	1 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$82

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.42 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	224 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCPGA988	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	+	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	854 MHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

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.

Pentium B970 0.70

Celeron J1900 0.75
+7.1%

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.

Pentium B970 1088

Celeron J1900 1154
+6.1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium B970 354
+106%

Celeron J1900 172

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium B970 565
+9.1%

Celeron J1900 518

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.75
Recency	16 January 2012	1 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Celeron J1900 has a 7.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and Celeron J1900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.