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.

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?

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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: 25.91

Overall Rank:
3957th fastest in multithreading out of 5064 CPUs
3421st fastest in single threading out of 5064 CPUs
992nd fastest in out of 1464 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1002

Single Thread Rating

975

Samples: 1458*
*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	4,085 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,170 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,654 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	198.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,297 KBytes/Sec
Physics	140 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	657 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	975 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 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 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,132
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,898
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,140
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,317
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,802
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,705
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,724
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,614
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,002

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.99
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.11
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		25.91
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
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 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,053
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,033
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,924
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,657
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,639
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,602
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		975

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2536593 - Apr 06 2025		1213
BL2535464 - Apr 06 2025		1246
BL2535275 - Apr 06 2025		1241
BL2534228 - Apr 05 2025		1248
BL2533775 - Apr 05 2025		1252

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,002
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		991 (-1.1%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,205 (+20.3%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		933 (-6.9%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		834 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,247 (+24.4%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,088 (+8.6%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		998 (-0.4%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (-1.0%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		855 (-14.6%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		813 (-18.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		807 (-19.5%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		755 (-24.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,689
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,104
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,070
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,806
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,800
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,787
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,559
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,175
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		203

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