Intel Pentium B950 vs AMD EPYC 7281

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium B950		AMD EPYC 7281
CPU comparison Intel Pentium B950 or AMD EPYC 7281 - 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 EPYC 7281 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7281 was released in Q3/2017.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Pentium 900 (10)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7001 (12)
3	Generation	1
Sandy Bridge U	Architecture	Naples (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

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 EPYC 7281 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7281 is at 2.20 GHz (2.70 GHz).
Intel Pentium B950	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7281
2	Cores	16
2	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.10 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.70 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 EPYC 7281
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Pentium B950 or AMD EPYC 7281 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	no iGPU
0.65 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
6	Compute units	--
48	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
10.1	DirectX Version	--

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	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

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 EPYC 7281 supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 170.6 GB/s.
Intel Pentium B950	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7281
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-2666
16 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	170.6 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	32.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	128
8.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	126.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium B950 is 35 W, while the AMD EPYC 7281 has a TDP of 170 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Pentium B950	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7281
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	170 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
85 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Pentium B950 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 7281 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 32.00 MB cache.
Intel Pentium B950	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7281
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
PGA 988	Socket	SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2011	Release date	Q3/2017
--	Release price	625 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B950 (57%)

AMD EPYC 7281 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B950 (24%)

AMD EPYC 7281 (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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	408 (61%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	664 (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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	776 (37%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	2098 (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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	379 (53%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	713 (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.


	Intel Pentium B950 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	671 (31%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	2136 (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.


	Intel Pentium B950 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	1004 (5%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	21988 (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 HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz	106 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	321 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.20 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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	119 (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 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7281 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	2033 (100%)

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