Intel Pentium B950 vs Intel Pentium B940. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 900 Intel Pentium 900
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 10.1
• Execution units
  6 6
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2011
• Shader
  48 48
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium B940 and Intel Pentium B950. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium B950 and Intel Pentium B940 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  85 °C 85 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium B950 and Intel Pentium B940, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge U Sandy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2011
• Socket
  PGA 988 PGA 988
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d