Pentium B960 vs Core i3-12100F

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $97

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Pentium B960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 3768 days newer than Pentium B960.

Advantages of Pentium B960

Consumes up to 40% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 35 vs 58 Watts
Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

Performs up to 24% better in Borderlands 3 than Pentium B960 - 238 vs 192 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B960 - 8 vs 2 threads

This is a free version of Borderlands 3.

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011

FPS

192

81%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

FPS

238

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.32/FPS

100%

Price, $

$76.8

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

271

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

149

FPS

103

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

877

FPS

673

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Epic

237

FPS

210

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Ultra

223

FPS

185

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011

Single-Core

318

14%

Multi-Core

531

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Pentium B960	vs	Core i3-12100F
Oct 2nd, 2011	Release Date	Jan 25th, 2022
Pentium	Collection	Core i3
Sandy Bridge	Codename	Alder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	8
2.2 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz
Non-Turbo	Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz
35 W	TDP	58 W
32 nm	Process Size	10 nm
22.0x	Multiplier	33.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)	Integrated Graphics	None
No	Overclockable	No