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    Intel Pentium B960 vs Intel Core i7-4500U

    Intel Pentium B960
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2011
    Intel Pentium B960
    Intel Core i7-4500U
    Intel BGA1168MOBILE
    1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      212%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      155%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium B960
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      244%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium B960

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4500U

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 55% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 144% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 112% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4500U

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-4500U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4500U

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

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
    Intel 64
    XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
    Smart Cache.
    AVX
    EIST
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
    MarketMobilevsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
    Release DateOct 2011vsJun 2013

    Cores

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel BGA1168
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagerPGAvsFC-BGA1168
    Die Size131mm²vs118mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i7-4500U
    Cpu Frequency2200 MHzvs1800 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevs3000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP35 Wvs15 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2200 points
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      3360 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium B960
      4400 points
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      4838 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2616
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      4819

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1729
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2823

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      3021
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      5481

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1539
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2481

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2231
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      3494

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Pentium B960
      2851
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      4343

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Pentium B960
      5500
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      8700

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Pentium B960
      0.86
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      1.31

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1.68
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2.75

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Pentium B960
      18
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      12.67

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Pentium B960
      33.48
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      19.61

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Pentium B960
      1366.5
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      2473.5

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Pentium B960
      51.7
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      90.6

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Pentium B960
      9.24
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      16.39

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Pentium B960
      0.17
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      1.6

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Pentium B960
      0.13
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      0.26

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Pentium B960
      0.07
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      0.14

    GB/s

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