Pentium B960 vs Celeron Dual-Core T3500

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron Dual-Core T3500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.80
+29%
Pentium B960
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.62

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 outperforms Pentium B960 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25992778
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron Dual-CoreIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.161.68
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date26 September 2010 (14 years ago)2 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$80$134

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors410 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket P PGA478FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3500 and Pentium B960.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 0.80
+29%
Pentium B960 0.62

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 1275
+29.4%
Pentium B960 985

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 2063
Pentium B960 2851
+38.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 4098
Pentium B960 5500
+34.2%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 1760
Pentium B960 2231
+26.8%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 38.5
Pentium B960 33.48
+15%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.80 0.62
Recency 26 September 2010 2 October 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 has a 29% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium B960, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron Dual-Core T3500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B960 in performance tests.


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