Intel Pentium B950 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium B950 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q2/2011. The Intel Pentium B950 scores 408 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 776 points.
Intel Pentium B950

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Pentium B950. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Pentium B950.

Name: Intel Pentium B950
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium 900 (10)
Architecture: Sandy Bridge U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3
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. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium B950 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium B950 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333
21.3 GB/s
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B950 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 988
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2011
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium B950 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
411
MediaTek Helio P95 MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
410
AMD Phenom II X2 555 AMD Phenom II X2 555
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
409
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
408
Intel Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
408
Intel Pentium E6500 Intel Pentium E6500
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
408
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
408

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.
AMD A8-5545M AMD A8-5545M
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
786
Intel Core i3-4158U Intel Core i3-4158U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
785
Intel Atom Z3795 Intel Atom Z3795
4C 4T @ 1.59 GHz
779
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
776
AMD Athlon II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
776
AMD Phenom X4 9600 AMD Phenom X4 9600
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
775
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
774

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 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
387
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
385
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
383
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
379
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
379
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
375
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
370

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 B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
679
Intel Celeron 3865U Intel Celeron 3865U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
674
Intel Celeron 3867U Intel Celeron 3867U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
674
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
671
Intel Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
669
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
664
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
655

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.
MediaTek Helio X20 MediaTek Helio X20
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6214RE Intel Atom x6214RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2115C Intel Core i3-2115C
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2130
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106

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 Core i3-3229Y Intel Core i3-3229Y
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
1009
Intel Atom x5-E8000 Intel Atom x5-E8000
4C 4T @ 1.04 GHz
1008
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 Intel Core2 Duo E6750
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz
1008
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
1004
AMD Athlon II X2 240 AMD Athlon II X2 240
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1001
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
1000
AMD Athlon II X2 240e AMD Athlon II X2 240e
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
994

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 T3400 Intel Pentium T3400
2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz
327
AMD A4-5300B AMD A4-5300B
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
325
AMD A4-5300 AMD A4-5300
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
324
Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium B950
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
321
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
320
Intel Pentium T4200 Intel Pentium T4200
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
317
Intel Core2 Duo T5870 Intel Core2 Duo T5870
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
314

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