Intel® Pentium® B950

The Intel Pentium B950 is a laptop processor with 2 cores and 2 threads, built on the Sandy Bridge architecture. It launched in Jun 2011. A 2-MB L3 cache backs the cores (1.3 MB per core). It uses the FCPGA988 socket. Rated TDP is 35 W.

The Intel Pentium B950 scores 943 in single-core performance and 1,022 in multi-core performance (PassMark CPU Mark ratings). From those two ratings Feex computes 982 for overall performance, 1,985 for productivity performance, 2,260 for creator performance, 952 for engineering performance and 3,085 for gaming performance. Its multi-core throughput works out to 511 per core, 511 per thread and 29 per watt. Its computed efficiency index is 166. Its performance index is 12, so its overall performance is 88% below the Intel Core i5-12400 (index 100). Each bar shows the score as a share of a reference ceiling, which is the larger of the 99th-percentile score across the Feex CPU database and a fixed baseline.

Scores for individual PassMark CPU Mark test categories. Higher is better. These are measured test scores, not computed from the single-core and multi-core ratings.

In the individual workload tests the Intel Pentium B950 scores 4,122 in integer math, 2,162 in floating-point math, 19,654 in compression, 200 in cryptography, 144 in physics simulation, 698 in vector SIMD, 9 in the prime sieve and 2,614 in sorting. Higher is better. Compared with the Intel Core i5-12400, it is 93% below in integer math, 95% below in floating-point math, 91% below in compression, 98% below in cryptography, 87% below in physics simulation, 95% below in vector SIMD, 87% below in the prime sieve and 88% below in sorting. Each bar shows the score as a share of that workload's reference ceiling, the larger of the 99th-percentile score across CPUs with a recorded value and a fixed baseline.

The Intel Pentium B950 has 2 physical cores and runs 2 logical threads. It does not use a hybrid performance and efficiency core layout. It does not support simultaneous multithreading, so its thread count equals its core count. It runs at a base clock of 2.10 GHz.

The Intel Pentium B950 is a laptop processor, belongs to the Intel Pentium family, uses the Sandy Bridge architecture and carries the codename Sandy Bridge. It launched in Jun 2011.

The Intel Pentium B950 has 128 KB of L1 cache, 512 KB of L2 cache and 2 MB of L3 cache. That adds up to about 2.6 MB of cache, or 1.31 MB per core. Each core has 256 KB of private L2 cache.

The Intel Pentium B950 has a 3-level cache hierarchy: L1 at 128 KB, L2 at 512 KB and L3 at 2 MB. L3 is the largest level and makes up about 76% of the cache listed here.

The Intel Pentium B950 includes integrated graphics (HD Graphics (6 EUs)) and clocks the graphics up to 1.10 GHz.

The Intel Pentium B950 uses the FCPGA988 socket.

The Intel Pentium B950 has a rated TDP of 35 W.

Instruction sets, security, virtualization, AI acceleration and OS readiness. Features are listed as supported, explicitly not supported, or not recorded; a feature that is not recorded is not the same as unsupported.

Feex has recorded 47% of the specifications it tracks for the Intel Pentium B950. Values Feex does not hold are shown as "Not recorded" rather than estimated.

Not recorded: Core Configuration: Efficiency Cores, All-Core Boost and Unlocked Multiplier. Architecture & Generation: ISA Family and Market Status. Cache: L4 Cache. Memory Support: Max Memory, Memory Channels, Memory Bandwidth, Memory Types, DDR5 Support, DDR4 Support, LPDDR Support, ECC Memory and Max Memory Speed. Graphics: Execution Units, Display Outputs and Max Video Memory. Platform & Compatibility: Package, Package Size and PCIe Lanes. Power & Thermals: Base Power, Maximum Turbo Power, Configurable TDP (Min), Configurable TDP (Max), Max Junction Temperature and Tcase. Physical & Manufacturing: Transistor Count, Die Size, Die Count, Foundry and Launch Price. Naming & Aliases: SKU, Model Number, Processor Number and Part Number.

Processors that use the same FCPGA988 socket as the Intel Pentium B950 and have the closest multi-core scores in the Feex database include Intel Pentium B960, Intel Celeron 1000M, Intel Pentium B980, Intel Pentium P6300 and Intel Pentium B970.