Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Pentium B960. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  8 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U Intel Pentium 900

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  24 6
• Shader
  192 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9.5 6
• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q2/2011

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium B960 and Intel Core i5-8265U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8265U and Intel Pentium B960 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 85 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8265U and Intel Core i5-8265U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Whiskey Lake U Sandy Bridge U
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 PGA 988
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2011