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: 26.33

Overall Rank:
4291st fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
3717th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
1035th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1019

Single Thread Rating

981

Samples: 1492*
*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	4,122 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,189 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,664 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	201.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,502 KBytes/Sec
Physics	141 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	681 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	981 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of November 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 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,391
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,703
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,871
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,106
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,560
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,619
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,417
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,019

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.31
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.48
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		26.33
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,517
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,896
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,622
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,395
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		981

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3022838 - Nov 02 2025		872
BL3020585 - Nov 01 2025		990
BL2966038 - Oct 10 2025		1219
BL2962495 - Oct 08 2025		1222
BL2911948 - Sep 16 2025		1246

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,019
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		967 (-5.1%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,199 (+17.7%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		1,018 (0.0%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		843 (-17.2%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,249 (+22.6%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,101 (+8.1%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		996 (-2.3%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (-2.6%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		855 (-16.0%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		815 (-20.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		801 (-21.4%)
AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M320 vs Intel Pentium B960		770 (-24.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,840
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,616
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,061
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,011
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,971
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,812
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,982
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,720
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,715
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		204

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