Ryzen 7 5700U vs Pentium G870

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G870
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.97
Ryzen 7 5700U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
9.82
+912%

Ryzen 7 5700U outperforms Pentium G870 by a whopping 912% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2549820
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.30no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.4262.35
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date3 June 2012 (12 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$97no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size131 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C105 °C
Number of transistors504 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1155FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1900 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G870 and Ryzen 7 5700U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

Pentium G870 0.97
Ryzen 7 5700U 9.82
+912%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium G870 1561
Ryzen 7 5700U 15748
+909%

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 G870 538
Ryzen 7 5700U 1403
+161%

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 G870 991
Ryzen 7 5700U 5437
+449%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 9.82
Integrated graphics card 0.67 7.73
Recency 3 June 2012 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 5700U has a 912.4% higher aggregate performance score, 1053.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium G870 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G870 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5700U is a notebook one.

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