Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium D 960 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.
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Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: PLGA775

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 130 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4663rd fastest in multithreading out of 5783 CPUs
4252nd fastest in single threading out of 5783 CPUs
1328th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

822

Single Thread Rating

765

Samples: 46*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 692
Thread: 886

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz

Integer Math	4,078 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,765 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,062 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	244.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	16,317 KBytes/Sec
Physics	73 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	337 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	765 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,087
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz		822

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.61
Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz		765

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2903387 - Sep 12 2025		849
BL2903062 - Sep 12 2025		813
BL2677580 - Jun 06 2025		850
BL2067738 - Apr 02 2024		935
BL1225865 - Apr 22 2020		859

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz		822
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium D 960		942 (+14.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs Intel Pentium D 960		805 (-2.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Pentium D 960		730 (-11.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium D 960		1,027 (+24.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium D 960		1,011 (+22.9%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium D 960		1,011 (+22.9%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium D 960		997 (+21.2%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium D 960		977 (+18.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ vs Intel Pentium D 960		954 (+16.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium D 960		938 (+14.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium D 960		938 (+14.1%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium D 960		934 (+13.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
Intel Pentium D 960 @ 3.60GHz		125

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