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Pentium B960 vs Core i3-12100

Pentium B960 vs Core i3-12100: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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MSRP $122

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Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100 outperforms Pentium B960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100 is 3747 days newer than Pentium B960.

Advantages of Pentium B960

  • Consumes up to 42% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100 - 35 vs 60 Watts

Advantages of Core i3-12100

  • Performs up to 19% better in Elden Ring than Pentium B960 - 129 vs 108 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B960 - 8 vs 2 threads
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011


FPS

108

84%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

129

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

FPS Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011


Single-Core

326

15%

Multi-Core

537

8%

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2162

100%

Multi-Core

6822

100%

Intel Pentium B960 Logo

Pentium B960

vs
Intel Core i3-12100 Logo

Core i3-12100

Oct 2nd, 2011Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i3
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4
2Threads
8
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
35 W
TDP60 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
22.0xMultiplier
33.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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