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: 26.10

Overall Rank:
4044th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
3497th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
1018th fastest in out of 1491 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1010

Single Thread Rating

979

Samples: 1471*
*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	4,105 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,179 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,659 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	199.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,392 KBytes/Sec
Physics	141 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	665 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	979 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 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 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,831
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,061
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,727
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,649
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,693
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,538
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,010

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.79
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.87
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		26.10
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.14
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 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,047
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,026
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,914
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,645
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,631
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,599
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,406
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		979

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2708955 - Jun 20 2025		816
BL2706479 - Jun 19 2025		1236
BL2702601 - Jun 17 2025		1120
BL2702412 - Jun 17 2025		1059
BL2699299 - Jun 16 2025		1235

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		1,010
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		977 (-3.2%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		1,199 (+18.8%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		1,018 (+0.8%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		834 (-17.4%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,260 (+24.8%)
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		1,088 (+7.8%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		998 (-1.1%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		992 (-1.7%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B960		855 (-15.3%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		816 (-19.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B960		799 (-20.9%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium B960		762 (-24.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,904
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,103
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,976
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,766
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,053
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,027
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,850
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,782
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,764
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,763
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz		204

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