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Pentium B970 vs Ryzen 9 7900X

Pentium B970 vs Ryzen 9 7900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Pentium B970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 3922 days newer than Pentium B970.

Advantages of Intel Pentium B970

  • Consumes up to 79% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 35 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

  • Performs up to 15% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Pentium B970 - 187 vs 162 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B970 - 24 vs 2 threads
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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012


FPS

162

87%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

187

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.94/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$549

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor, Cooler not Included

Buy for CA$549 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012


Single-Core

373

13%

Multi-Core

587

3%

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2923

100%

Multi-Core

17849

100%

Intel Pentium B970 Logo

Intel Pentium B970

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Jan 1st, 2012Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
PentiumCollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM5
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
12
2Threads
24
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.6 GHz
35 W
TDP170 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
23.0xMultiplier
47.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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