Pentium G620T vs Pentium G6960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2528	2818
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.00
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.17	1.51
Architecture codename	Clarkdale (2010−2011)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T 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	2.93 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	81 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	65 °C
Number of transistors	382 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T 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
Socket	FCLGA1156	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6960 and Pentium G620T.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

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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	0.90	0.56
Recency	9 January 2011	22 May 2011
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	35 Watt

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