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Intel Pentium B940 vs Intel Core i5-2450M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 65 %
Intel Pentium B940
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2450M
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Intel Pentium B940
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2450M
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
347
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
533
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
617
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
1,042
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
387
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
590
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
739
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
1,289
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B940
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
106
Intel Core i5-2450M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
250
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
363
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
682

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 2000M (46)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge USandy Bridge H
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 988BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.00 GHz 2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4812 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
TDP35 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B940Intel Core i5-2450M
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, AVX
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2012
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B940
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-2450M
Intel Core i5-2450M
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.10 GHz

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