Turion II P560 vs Pentium B970

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Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160

Aggregate performance score

Pentium B970
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.70
+22.8%

Pentium B970 outperforms Turion II P560 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Pentium B970 Pentium B970
Turion II P560 Turion II P560

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B970 and Turion II P560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27222822
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Turion II
Power efficiency1.822.08
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date16 January 2012 (12 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Turion II P560 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s3600 MHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128 KB265 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Turion II P560 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCPGA988S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Turion II P560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, 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 Turion II P560 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 Turion II P560 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 Turion II P560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Turion II P560 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Turion II P560.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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
+22.8%
Turion II P560 0.57

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 1073
+22.2%
Turion II P560 878

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 356
+9.9%
Turion II P560 324

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 572
Turion II P560 573
+0.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.70 0.57
Recency 16 January 2012 19 October 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Pentium B970 has a 22.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II P560, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

The Pentium B970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P560 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and Turion II P560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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