Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Pentium B960

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2856	54
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	64.87
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.69	24.69
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	TSMC
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Granite Ridge (2024−2025)
Release date	3 October 2011 (13 years ago)	6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	5.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Die size	131 mm2	2x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	16,630 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D. 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)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D. 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 Compare HD Graphics and Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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 Ryzen 9 9950X3D.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	24

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.62	43.87
Integrated graphics card	0.67	1.71
Recency	3 October 2011	6 January 2025
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt

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