Pentium B960 vs Celeron J4105

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1876	2653
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.50	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake (2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	2 October 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$134
Current price	$743 (6.9x MSRP)	$19.33 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron J4105 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	1.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 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 J4105 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	FCBGA1090	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4105 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 Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	+	no data
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4105 and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	16
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	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.

Celeron J4105 outperforms Pentium B960 by 198% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.88	0.63
Recency	11 December 2017	2 October 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$107	$134
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

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