AMD C-50 vs Intel Pentium B960

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AMD C-50 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B960
AMD C-50 Intel Pentium B960

CPU comparison

AMD C-50 or Intel Pentium B960 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD C-50 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD C-50 was released in Q1/2011.

The Intel Pentium B960 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B960 was released in Q4/2011.
AMD C (6) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD C (6) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
1 Generation 3
Ontario (Bobcat) Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD C-50 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The Intel Pentium B960 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz.
AMD C-50 Characteristic Intel Pentium B960
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD C-50 Characteristic Intel Pentium B960
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
0.28 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
3 GPU Generation 6
40 nm Technology 32 nm
2 Max. displays 2
1 Compute units 6
80 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 10.1

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.
AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD C-50 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B960 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD C-50 Characteristic Intel Pentium B960
DDR3-1066 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
8.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD C-50 has a TDP of 9 W, that of the Intel Pentium B960 is 35 W.
AMD C-50 Characteristic Intel Pentium B960
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The AMD C-50 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium B960 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
AMD C-50 Characteristic Intel Pentium B960
40 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 413 Socket PGA 988
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2011 Release date Q4/2011
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD C-50 (22%)
Intel Pentium B960 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD C-50 (28%)
Intel Pentium B960 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
91 (22%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
413 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
162 (20%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
825 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
AMD Radeon HD 6250 @ 0.28 GHz
45 (43%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
446 (43%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1029 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
73 (22%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
338 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
383 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
679 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
33 (100%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD C-50 AMD C-50
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
42 (100%)
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD C-50 Intel Pentium B960
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