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    Intel Pentium B960 vs Intel Core i3-2130

    Intel Pentium B960
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2011
    Intel Pentium B960
    Intel Core i3-2130
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
    Intel Core i3-2130

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      172%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      152%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      192%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium B960

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2130

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 52% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 92% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 72% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-2130

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2130

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-2130

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2130

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
    Intel 64
    XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
    Smart Cache.

    Architecture

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameSandy BridgevsSandy Bridge
    Release DateOct 2011vsSep 2011

    Cores

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagerPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size131mm²vs131mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-2130
    Cpu Frequency2200 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP35 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2200 points
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      3400 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium B960
      4400 points
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      8160 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2616
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      5178

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1729
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      2592

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      3021
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      5634

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1539
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      2380

    points - higher is better

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