Pentium B960 vs E1-1500

Place in the ranking	3174	2793
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD E-Series	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	1.31	1.68
Architecture codename	Zacate (2011−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	6 January 2013 (11 years ago)	2 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

E1-1500 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.48 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm
Die size	75 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E1-1500 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	FT1 BGA 413-Ball	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-1500 and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

E1-1500 and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-1500 and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-1500 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 7310	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-1500 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 E1-1500 and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

E1-1500 0.25

Pentium B960 0.62
+148%

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.

E1-1500 391

Pentium B960 986
+152%

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.

E1-1500 108

Pentium B960 326
+202%

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.

E1-1500 191

Pentium B960 535
+180%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.25	0.62
Integrated graphics card	0.33	0.77
Recency	6 January 2013	2 October 2011
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt

E1-1500 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

Pentium B960, on the other hand, has a 148% higher aggregate performance score, 133.3% faster integrated GPU, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium B960 is our recommended choice as it beats the E1-1500 in performance tests.

Note that E1-1500 is a desktop processor while Pentium B960 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between E1-1500 and Pentium B960, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.