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 the ranking	2744	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	1.84	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 January 2012 (12 years ago)	4 October 2010 (14 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 type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	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	-	-

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	FCPGA988	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	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
FMA	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 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

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