Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Core i7-960

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-2820QM and Intel Core i7-960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

601Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score545
2169Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2134
4325PassMark CPU Mark Rating3251
1517PassMark Single Thread Rating1456
25043DMark Time Spy Physics Score2593

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-2820QMProcessorIntel Core i7-960
2300 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3460 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
45 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 3000GPU
Sandy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
FCPGA988PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

579Single-Core Score540
1532Multi-Core Score2393
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Manjaro LinuxOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
LENOVO 4242EG2ModelAlienware Area 51
LENOVO 4242EG2MotherboardAlienware 0J560M
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-2820QMNameIntel Core i7-960
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.40 GHzBase Frequency3.22 GHz
Maximum Frequency3475 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameBloomfield
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

11.58 GBSize24.00 GB
Frequency668 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

579Single-Core Score540
768Crypto Score59
530Integer Score553
654Floating Point Score 593
768
1.31 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
828
4.19 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
691
32.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression625
29.6 Mpixels/sec
616
1.74 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)620
1.75 MTE/sec
370
434.2 KElements/sec
HTML5541
635.4 KElements/sec
439
137.5 Krows/sec
SQLite503
157.4 Krows/sec
673
36.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering558
30.3 Mpixels/sec
276
88.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering488
155.5 KB/sec
659
5.13 Klines/sec
Clang526
4.10 Klines/sec
469
5.44 images/sec
Camera475
5.51 images/sec
791
989.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics460
576.0 Kpairs/sec
675
4183.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics589
3648.7 FPS
619
34.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur507
27.9 Mpixels/sec
579
4.46 images/sec
Face Detection624
4.80 images/sec
700
17.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection638
15.7 Mpixels/sec
1115
54.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting977
47.9 Mpixels/sec
1293
17.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1022
13.9 Mpixels/sec
896
719.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing649
520.8 Kpixels/sec
483
4.33 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion436
3.91 Kpixels/sec
753
24.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition728
23.3 Words/sec
149
5.77 images/sec
Machine Learning284
11.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1532Multi-Core Score2393
1467Crypto Score280
1506Integer Score2538
1600Floating Point Score 2430
1467
2.50 GB/sec
AES-XTS280
487.9 MB/sec
2606
13.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3643
18.4 MB/sec
2075
98.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3146
148.9 Mpixels/sec
1193
3.37 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2327
6.56 MTE/sec
1636
1.92 MElements/sec
HTML52390
2.81 MElements/sec
1924
602.9 Krows/sec
SQLite2456
769.5 Krows/sec
1858
100.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2808
152.4 Mpixels/sec
853
271.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering2067
658.4 KB/sec
742
5.78 Klines/sec
Clang2479
19.3 Klines/sec
1672
19.4 images/sec
Camera1943
22.5 images/sec
796
995.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2105
2.63 Mpairs/sec
1073
6647.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2659
16476.5 FPS
705
38.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1823
100.2 Mpixels/sec
2404
18.5 images/sec
Face Detection2733
21.0 images/sec
2214
54.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2945
72.6 Mpixels/sec
3089
151.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3705
181.8 Mpixels/sec
3541
48.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR4690
63.9 Mpixels/sec
2868
2.30 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3008
2.42 Mpixels/sec
1358
12.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1904
17.1 Kpixels/sec
1618
51.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2216
70.9 Words/sec
799
30.9 images/sec
Machine Learning964
37.2 images/sec