Pentium B960 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
17.40
+2619%

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS outperforms Pentium B960 by a whopping 2619% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3852772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)Intel Pentium
Power efficiency45.331.67
Architecture codenamePhoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)3 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache8 MB512 KB
L3 cache16 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm32 nm
Die size178 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C85 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP7/FP8FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780MIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Pentium B960.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 17.40
+2619%
Pentium B960 0.64

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 26627
+2603%
Pentium B960 985

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 2238
+589%
Pentium B960 325

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 10759
+1919%
Pentium B960 533

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 14772
+562%
Pentium B960 2231

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.40 0.64
Recency 13 June 2023 3 October 2011
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 4 nm 32 nm

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS has a 2618.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B960 in performance tests.


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