Intel Pentium B940 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium B940 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2011 and belongs to the 3 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium B940, you'll need a motherboard with a PGA 988 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium B940
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium 900
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium B940 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B940 is 2.0 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.0 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium B940 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium B940 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.1 GHz
Execution units: 6
Shaders: 48
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Release date: Q2/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 21.3 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 35 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B940 is manufactured using a 32 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 988
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Sandy Bridge U
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2011
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core2 Duo E4700
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
874
874
Intel Pentium E5200
2C 2T @ 2.5 GHz
866
866
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
856
856
Intel Pentium 3560Y
2C 2T @ 1.2 GHz
849
849
AMD E2-1800
2C 2T @ 1.7 GHz
846
846

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Athlon II X2 245e
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
741
741
Intel Pentium J2850
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
740
740
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
739
739
Intel Celeron 1037U
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
738
738
Intel Pentium E6500
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
736
736

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
620
620
Intel Celeron N4000C
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
618
618
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
617
617
MediaTek MT8173
NoneC NoneT @ --
610
610
Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
608
608

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Atom C3955
16C 16T @ 2.1 GHz
387
387
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387
387
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
387
387
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387
387
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387
387

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

AMD A6-6400K
2C 2T @ 3.9 GHz
370
370
Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
363
363
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
363
363
Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
363
363
Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
362
362

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

MediaTek Helio X30
NoneC NoneT @ --
359
359
MediaTek MT8173
NoneC NoneT @ --
348
348
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
347
347
Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
340
340
Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
331
331

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Helio X20
NoneC NoneT @ --
106
106
MediaTek Helio X23
NoneC NoneT @ --
106
106
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
106
106
Intel Core i3-2102
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
106
106
Intel Core i3-2130
2C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
106
106