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Intel Pentium B960 vs Intel Core i7-930

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 75 %
Intel Pentium B960
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-930
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 34 %
Intel Pentium B960
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-930
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
383
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
541
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
679
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,832
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
413
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
517
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
825
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,134
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
338
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,322

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UBloomfield
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPGA 988LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 2.20 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.06 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
TDP35 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-930
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 dateQ4/2011Q1/2010
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B960
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
Intel Core i7-930
Intel Core i7-930
4C / 8T · 2.80 - 3.06 GHz

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Intel Pentium B960
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