Intel Core i7-860 vs Intel Pentium B960

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1156 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 774 million 504 million
Die size 296 mm² 131 mm²
Package FC-LGA8 rPGA

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.466 GHz
Base clock 133 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Sep 8th, 2009 Oct 2nd, 2011
Codename Lynnfield Sandy Bridge
Generation Core i7 Pentium
Part SLBJJ SR07V
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 8 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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