Ultra 5 236V vs Pentium B960
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 5 236V outperforms Pentium B960 by a whopping 2076% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2792 | 557 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.68 | 75.14 |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Lunar Lake (2024) |
| Release date | 2 October 2011 (13 years ago) | 24 September 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | 37 MHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 192 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2.5 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 3 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCPGA988,PGA988 | Intel BGA 2833 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors | Arc 130V |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.62 | 13.49 |
| Recency | 2 October 2011 | 24 September 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
Ultra 5 236V has a 2075.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 966.7% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.
The Core Ultra 5 236V is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B960 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B960 and Core Ultra 5 236V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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