Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B950 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B950 @ 2.10GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3894th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
3432nd fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
976th fastest in out of 1453 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1012

Single Thread Rating

945

Samples: 711*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,709
Thread: 1,021

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Integer Math	4,140 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,181 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,661 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	198.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,718 KBytes/Sec
Physics	146 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	656 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	945 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,945
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,239
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,400
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,856
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,748
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,750
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,663
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		1,012

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.24
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.27
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.20
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,060
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,038
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,930
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,663
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,645
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,606
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,414
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		945

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2402681 - Feb 09 2025		1184
BL2374851 - Jan 29 2025		1152
BL2371865 - Jan 27 2025		1183
BL2327383 - Jan 07 2025		1006
BL2321270 - Jan 04 2025 [Excluded]		1076

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		1,012
AMD Phenom II N660 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		1,083 (+7.0%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		933 (-7.8%)
AMD Turion II P560 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		913 (-9.8%)
AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		853 (-15.7%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium B950		782 (-22.8%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B950		1,005 (-0.8%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B950		997 (-1.5%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B950		993 (-1.9%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		954 (-5.8%)
AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M540 vs Intel Pentium B950		912 (-9.9%)
AMD Turion II N550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		877 (-13.4%)
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium B950		865 (-14.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,144
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,900
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,852
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,799
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,515
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,177
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,169
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,010
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		206

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