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Intel Pentium B940 vs Intel Core i3-9100
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium B940
25 %
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium B940
16 %
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Pentium B940
36 %
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium B940
23 %
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Pentium B940
25 %
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 630
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Pentium B940
21 %
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-9100
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium 900 (10) | Intel Core i 9000 (34) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge U | Coffee Lake S Refresh |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | PGA 988 | LGA 1151-2 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i3-8100 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i3-10100 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 2.00 GHz | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.80 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.10 GHz | 0.35 - 1.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2011 | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 85 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium B940 | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q2/2011 | Q2/2019 |
| Release price | 122 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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