Intel Pentium B950 vs AMD A10-9600P

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Intel Pentium B950 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-9600P
Intel Pentium B950 AMD A10-9600P

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium B950 or AMD A10-9600P - 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 Intel Pentium B950 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B950 was released in Q2/2011.

The AMD A10-9600P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-9600P was released in Q4/2016.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium 900 (10) CPU group AMD A10-9600 (2)
3 Generation 6
Sandy Bridge U Architecture Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Mobile Segment Mobile
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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 2.10 GHz while the AMD A10-9600P has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-9600P is at 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz).
Intel Pentium B950 Characteristic AMD A10-9600P
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Pentium B950 Characteristic AMD A10-9600P
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-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium B950 or AMD A10-9600P has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation 6
32 nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
6 Compute units 5
48 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12

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.
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium B950 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD A10-9600P supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
Intel Pentium B950 Characteristic AMD A10-9600P
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-1866
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 8
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium B950 is 35 W, while the AMD A10-9600P has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Pentium B950 Characteristic AMD A10-9600P
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
85 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B950 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-9600P is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Intel Pentium B950 Characteristic AMD A10-9600P
32 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
PGA 988 Socket FP4
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q2/2011 Release date Q4/2016
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B950 (87%)
AMD A10-9600P (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B950 (64%)
AMD A10-9600P (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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
408 (87%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
469 (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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
776 (64%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1211 (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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (19%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
550 (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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
321 (64%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
499 (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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
379 (100%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
671 (100%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
1004 (100%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
72 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
214 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Pentium B950 AMD A10-9600P
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