Intel Pentium B960 vs Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium B960 and Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium B960

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 975 vs 426
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1002 vs 173
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2011 vs March 2002
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB vs 8 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 975 vs 426
PassMark - CPU mark 1002 vs 173

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70

  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 85C
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 85C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium B960
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
975
426
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1002
173
Name Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70
PassMark - Single thread mark 975 426
PassMark - CPU mark 1002 173
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 15.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.349

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium 4-M 1.70

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Northwood
Launch date 1 October 2011 March 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 3102 3111
Price now $48.99
Processor Number B960
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Launched Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 11.12
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 1.70 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 400 MHz FSB
Die size 149 mm 131 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 8 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 85C 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 1.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 624 Million 55 million
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
VID voltage range 1.3V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR1, DDR2

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mmx37.5mm (rPGA988B) 35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported PGA988, FCPGA988 PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)