Athlon II X4 641 vs Pentium B960

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium B960
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.62
Athlon II X4 641
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 100 Watt
1.46
+135%

Athlon II X4 641 outperforms Pentium B960 by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27782167
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.681.38
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date2 October 2011 (13 years ago)6 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size131 mm2228 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988FM1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA+-
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

Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 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 Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 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 Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

Pentium B960 0.62
Athlon II X4 641 1.46
+135%

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.

Pentium B960 985
Athlon II X4 641 2313
+135%

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.

Pentium B960 325
Athlon II X4 641 374
+15.1%

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.

Pentium B960 534
Athlon II X4 641 1256
+135%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.62 1.46
Recency 2 October 2011 6 February 2012
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 100 Watt

Pentium B960 has 185.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon II X4 641, on the other hand, has a 135.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon II X4 641 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B960 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium B960 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X4 641 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B960 and Athlon II X4 641, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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