Pentium B960 vs Xeon E5-2682 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	594	2677
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.31	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	2 October 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134
Current price	$248	$19.33 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2682 v4 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	32	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus support	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	40 MB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	7200 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2682 v4 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	no data	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960 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 Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1,536 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2682 v4 and Pentium B960.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	16

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.

Xeon E5-2682 v4 outperforms Pentium B960 by 1825% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	12.13	0.63
Recency	20 June 2016	2 October 2011
Physical cores	16	2
Threads	32	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

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