Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Pentium B970

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Intel Core i5-2500

The Intel Core i5-2500 operates with 4 cores and 4 CPU threads. It run at 3.70 GHz base No turbo all cores while the TDP is set at 95 W.The processor is attached to the LGA 1155 CPU socket. This version includes 6.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1333 RAM and features 2.0 PCIe Gen 16 lanes. Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C. In particular, Sandy Bridge S Architecture is enhanced with 32 nm technology and supports VT-x, VT-x EPT. The product was launched on Q1/2011

Intel Pentium B970

The Intel Pentium B970 operates with 2 cores and 4 CPU threads. It run at -- base -- all cores while the TDP is set at 35 W.The processor is attached to the PGA 988 CPU socket. This version includes 2.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 RAM and features 2.0 PCIe Gen 16 lanes. Tjunction keeps below 85 °C degrees C. In particular, Sandy Bridge U Architecture is enhanced with 32 nm technology and supports VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d. The product was launched on Q1/2012

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3.30 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
4	Cores	2
3.70 GHz	Turbo (1 Core)	--
No turbo	Turbo (All Cores)	--
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking	No
normal	Core Architecture	normal
Intel HD Graphics 2000	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
32 nm	Technology	32 nm
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
10.1	DirectX Version	10.1
2	Max. displays	2
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
2	Memory channels	2
	Max memory
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	2.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
32 nm	Technology	32 nm
LGA 1155	Socket	PGA 988
95 W	TDP	35 W
VT-x, VT-x EPT	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Q1/2011	Release date	Q1/2012
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-2500 702 (33%)

Intel Pentium B970 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-2500 2,532 (3%)

Intel Pentium B970 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Core i5-2500 107 (1%)

Intel Pentium B970 111 (1%)

Electric Usage Estimate

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Electric Usage Estimate

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Power cost, dollar per kWh

Intel Core i5-2500		Intel Pentium B970
95 W	Max TDP	35 W
NA	Power consumption per day (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per day	NA
NA	Power consumption per year (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per year	NA