Phenom II X4 P940 vs Pentium B970
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2658 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Intel Pentium | 4x AMD Phenom II |
Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
Release date | 16 January 2012 (12 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 | no data |
Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
Bus support | 4 × 5 GT/s | 3600 MHz |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 512 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 2 MB | no data |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 504 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 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) | no data |
Socket | Socket G2 | S1 (S1g4) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 |
FMA | + | no data |
VirusProtect | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940.
PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 16 January 2012 | 4 October 2010 |
Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Pentium B970 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Phenom II X4 P940, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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