Pentium B960 vs Pentium G3240

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2334	2792
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	2.18	1.68
Architecture codename	no data	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 April 2014 (10 years ago)	3 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

Pentium G3240 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	3.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3240 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	FCLGA1150	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	53 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3240 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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G3240 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 Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory	1.7 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data
VGA	+	no data
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	1920x1080@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	2560x1600@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over VGA	1920x1200@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.1/12	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3240 and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	Up to 3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.22	0.62
Recency	1 April 2014	3 October 2011
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	53 Watt	35 Watt

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