Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B960 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B960 @ 2.20GHz, Intel Pentium CPU B960 @ 2.20GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 26.52

Overall Rank:
4455th fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
3835th fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
1062nd fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.68 USD (2020-03-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1026

Single Thread Rating

984

Samples: 1506*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,782
Thread: 1,070

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Integer Math	4,137 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,196 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,669 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	202.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,597 KBytes/Sec
Physics	142 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	691 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	984 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,229
Apple M4 10 Core		23,682
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,610
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,740
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,994
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,470
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,591
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,384
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,026

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.21
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.98
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.37
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		26.52
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,501
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,002
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,886
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,613
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		984

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3300118 - Feb 20 2026		1241
BL3249222 - Jan 29 2026		1193
BL3249206 - Jan 29 2026		1193
BL3249016 - Jan 29 2026		1151
BL3228138 - Jan 20 2026		1196

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,026
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		967 (-5.7%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,207 (+17.7%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		1,018 (-0.7%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		850 (-17.1%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,273 (+24.1%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,251 (+22.0%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,096 (+6.9%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (-3.3%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (-3.3%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		855 (-16.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		806 (-21.4%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		804 (-21.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,795
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,985
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,913
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,902
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,716
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,895
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,697
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		205

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