Celeron N3000 vs Pentium B960

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2770not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.67no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date3 October 2011 (13 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 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 speed2.2 GHz1.04 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.08 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0IDI
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C90 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x-+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
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® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.



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 984
+58.5%
Celeron N3000 621

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
+115%
Celeron N3000 151

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 532
+102%
Celeron N3000 264

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 October 2011 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 4 Watt

Celeron N3000 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium B960 and Celeron N3000. We've got no test results to judge.


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