Information about the Intel Pentium B970 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Intel Pentium B970
• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Intel Pentium
• Generation
  2
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 900

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Intel Pentium B970: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Intel Pentium B970 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2011

List of video codecs supported by the Intel Pentium B970 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  No

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Intel Pentium B970. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

Support for AES-NI encryption on the Intel Pentium B970 CPU.

• AES-NI
  Yes

Let's find out what TDP has the Intel Pentium B970? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W
• Tjunction max.
  85 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Intel Pentium B970 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge U
• Technology
  32 nm
• Socket
  PGA 988
• Release date
  Q1/2012

List of devices based on Intel Pentium B970.

• Used in
  Unknown