Pentium B960 vs i9-10900X

Place in the ranking	513	2778
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	8.11	1.68
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-X (2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	19 October 2019 (5 years ago)	2 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

Core i9-10900X 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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	20	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	8 GT/s DMI3 MHz	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	19.25 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	94 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-10900X 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2066	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3
Maximum memory size	256 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	94 GB/s	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

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.

i9-10900X 14.14
+2181%

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.

i9-10900X 22466
+2181%

Pentium B960 985

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i9-10900X 1587
+388%

Pentium B960 325

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i9-10900X 9599
+1698%

Pentium B960 534

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.14	0.62
Recency	19 October 2019	2 October 2011
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	20	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	35 Watt

i9-10900X has a 2180.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium B960, on the other hand, has 371.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i9-10900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B960 in performance tests.

Note that Core i9-10900X is a desktop processor while Pentium B960 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i9-10900X and Pentium B960, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.