Intel Pentium B950 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium B950 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 B950, you'll need a motherboard with a PGA 988 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium B950
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium 900
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium B950 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B950 is 2.1 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.1 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium B950 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium B950 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 B950 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 Atom x5-E8000
4C 4T @ 1.04 GHz
1008
1008
Intel Core2 Duo E6750
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz
1008
1008
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
1004
1004
AMD Athlon II X2 240
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
1001
1001
Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
1000
1000

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Atom Z3795
4C 4T @ 1.59 GHz
779
779
AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.3 GHz
776
776
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
776
776
AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.3 GHz
776
776
AMD Phenom X4 9600
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
775
775

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Celeron 3867U
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
674
674
Intel Celeron 3865U
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
674
674
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
671
671
Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
669
669
Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
664
664

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.7 GHz
408
408
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NoneC NoneT @ --
408
408
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
408
408
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
408
408
Intel Pentium E6500
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
408
408

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.2 GHz
383
383
Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
379
379
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
379
379
Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
379
379
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
375
375

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

AMD A4-5300B
2C 2T @ 3.4 GHz
325
325
AMD A4-5300
2C 2T @ 3.4 GHz
324
324
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
321
321
Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
320
320
Intel Pentium T4200
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
317
317

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Helio X20
NoneC NoneT @ --
106
106
MediaTek Helio X23
NoneC NoneT @ --
106
106
Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
106
106
Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
106
106
Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
106
106