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Intel Pentium B950 vs Intel Celeron N2940

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

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

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

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

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

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

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

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

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

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

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UBay Trail
Technology32 nm22 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 988BGA 1170
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 2.10 GHz 1.83 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 Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz0.31 - 0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 484 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q3/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
TDP35 W7.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down4.5 W
T. junction max.85 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Pentium B950Intel Celeron N2940
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 dateQ2/2011Q2/2014
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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

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