Pentium B960 vs Celeron J1900

General info

Comparing Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2530	2636
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 November 2013 (10 years old)	2 October 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$82	$134
Current price	$163 (2x MSRP)	$19.33 (0.1x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron J1900 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.42 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J1900 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
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960. 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	-	-
FMA	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Launched	Discontinued
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	1.1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J1900 and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	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.

Celeron J1900 outperforms Pentium B960 by 19% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.75	0.63
Recency	1 November 2013	2 October 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$82	$134
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

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