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: 25.46

Overall Rank:
3865th fastest in multithreading out of 4947 CPUs
3335th fastest in single threading out of 4947 CPUs
979th fastest in out of 1444 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

985

Single Thread Rating

971

Samples: 1432*
*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	4,037 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,148 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,639 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	195.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,121 KBytes/Sec
Physics	139 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	631 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	971 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of January 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of January 2025.
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 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,112
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,974
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,314
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,436
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,903
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,610
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,154
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,782
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,776
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,699
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		985

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.43
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.39
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		25.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.23
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,065
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,040
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,935
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,669
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,649
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,609
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,418
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		971

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2338341 - Jan 12 2025		723
BL2300406 - Dec 25 2024		1114
BL2283393 - Dec 17 2024		1191
BL5080351 - Dec 02 2024		664
BL2257056 - Nov 27 2024		1189

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		985
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,005 (+2.0%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,221 (+24.0%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		933 (-5.3%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		820 (-16.7%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,081 (+9.8%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,007 (+2.2%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (+0.7%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		855 (-13.2%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		802 (-18.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		796 (-19.2%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		753 (-23.6%)
AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M320 vs Intel Pentium B960		749 (-24.0%)

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,097
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,925
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,885
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,811
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,511
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,230
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,222
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,203
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,199
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,956
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,914
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,870
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		202

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