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Intel Celeron N3000 vs Intel Pentium B960

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Intel Celeron N3000
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium B960
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Celeron N3000
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium B960
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N3000
2C / 2T · 2.08 GHz
161
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
383
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N3000
2C / 2T · 2.08 GHz
287
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
679
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N3000
2C / 2T · 2.08 GHz
210
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
413
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N3000
2C / 2T · 2.08 GHz
391
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
825
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron N3000
Intel HD Graphics 400
126
Intel Pentium B960
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
106

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)Intel Pentium 900 (10)
ArchitectureBraswellSandy Bridge U
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1170PGA 988
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 1.04 GHz 2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.08 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.08 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 400Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency0.32 - 0.60 GHz0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 966 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory8 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ1/2015Q2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 42.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth2.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
TDP4 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down3 W
T. junction max.90 °C85 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Celeron N3000Intel Pentium B960
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2015Q4/2011
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron N3000
Intel Celeron N3000
2C / 2T · 1.04 - 2.08 GHz
Intel Pentium B960
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

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Intel Celeron N3000
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