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Intel Celeron N2940 vs Intel Pentium B950

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Celeron N2940
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium B950
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 92 %
Intel Celeron N2940
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium B950
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N2940
4C / 4T · 2.25 GHz
177
Intel Pentium B950
2C / 2T · 2.10 GHz
379
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N2940
4C / 4T · 2.25 GHz
526
Intel Pentium B950
2C / 2T · 2.10 GHz
671
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N2940
4C / 4T · 2.25 GHz
218
Intel Pentium B950
2C / 2T · 2.10 GHz
408
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N2940
4C / 4T · 2.25 GHz
730
Intel Pentium B950
2C / 2T · 2.10 GHz
776
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron N2940
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
55
Intel Pentium B950
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
106

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)Intel Pentium 900 (10)
ArchitectureBay TrailSandy Bridge U
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1170PGA 988
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 1.83 GHz 2.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.25 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.25 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency0.31 - 0.85 GHz0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 326 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q2/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 42.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth2.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
TDP7.5 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down4.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C85 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Celeron N2940Intel Pentium B950
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2014Q2/2011
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron N2940
Intel Celeron N2940
4C / 4T · 1.83 - 2.25 GHz
Intel Pentium B950
Intel Pentium B950
2C / 2T · 2.10 GHz

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