Pentium B970 vs Xeon E5450
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium B970 by a whopping 137% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2014 | 2650 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Architecture codename | no data | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 1 October 2007 (16 years ago) | 16 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $125 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970 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 | no data | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 67 °C | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | Socket G2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| FMA | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970.
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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.
Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium B970 by 137% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 65%
Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium B970 by 138% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 40%
Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium B970 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 40%
Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium B970 by 91% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.66 | 0.70 |
| Recency | 1 October 2007 | 16 January 2012 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon E5450 has a 137.1% higher aggregate performance score.
Pentium B970, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 128.6% lower power consumption.
The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B970 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium B970 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and Pentium B970, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar processor comparisons
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.
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