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Intel Pentium B970 vs Intel Core i5-6200U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2012
Intel Pentium B970
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Q3/2015
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Intel Core i5-6200U
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What's the best choice Intel Pentium B970 or Intel Core i5-6200U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium B970 has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in Q1/2012.

Intel Core i5-6200U has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q3/2015.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium B970 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1462 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    280 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 35 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-6200U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    312 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    307 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    438 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    408 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    693 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    733 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    892 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    938 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    874 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    181 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    467 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    515 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    455 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    530 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    136 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    772 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium 900 left arrow Intel Core i 6000U
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.3 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 2.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow 2.7 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    10.1 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 24
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    650 MHz left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) left arrow Intel HD Graphics 520
  • GPU Turbo
    1150 MHz left arrow 1000 MHz
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    Q2/2011 left arrow Q3/2015
  • Shader
    48 left arrow 192
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-6200U and Intel Pentium B970. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    2.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium B970 and Intel Core i5-6200U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    85 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    35 W left arrow 15 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium B970 and Intel Core i5-6200U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Sandy Bridge U left arrow Skylake U
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2012 left arrow Q3/2015
  • Socket
    PGA 988 left arrow BGA 1356
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium B970 and Intel Core i5-6200U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

110.000000
Intel Pentium B970
384.000000
Intel Core i5-6200U

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