i7-660UM vs Pentium B960

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3025	2866
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	0.02
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Core i7
Power efficiency	0.70	1.71
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	2 October 2011 (14 years ago)	24 May 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$317

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium B960 has 50% better value for money than i7-660UM.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	22	10
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	131 mm2	81+144 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	382+177 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+

Security technologies

Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-800
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Core i7-660UM.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	0.73
Recency	2 October 2011	24 May 2010
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

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