Intel Pentium J2850 vs Intel Core i7-960

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium J2850 and Intel Core i7-960 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 J2850

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 67.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 13x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date 1 September 2013 vs October 2009
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-960

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 2.41 GHz
  • Around 14% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1459 vs 646
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3347 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.46 GHz vs 2.41 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 224 KB
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1459 vs 646
PassMark - CPU mark 3347 vs 1016

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium J2850
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-960

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
646
1459
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1016
3347
Name Intel Pentium J2850 Intel Core i7-960
PassMark - Single thread mark 646 1459
PassMark - CPU mark 1016 3347
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 565
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2198
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 59.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.942

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium J2850 Intel Core i7-960

Essentials

Architecture codename Bay Trail Bloomfield
Launch date 1 September 2013 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $94 $316
Place in performance rating 2748 2765
Processor Number J2850 i7-960
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor J Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.14

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.41 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 224 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 2.41 GHz 3.46 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Bus Speed 4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size 263 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB) 1333 MHz
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 731 million
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 3
Maximum memory size 8 GB 24 GB
Supported memory types DDR3L 1333 DDR3 800/1066
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 688 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 854 MHz
Graphics max frequency 854 MHz
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 25mm X 27mm 42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1170 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 130 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 4
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations X4, X2, X1

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit 36-bit
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)