Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 2030M 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 2030M @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCPGA988

Clockspeed: 2.5 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 2030M @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 10.56

Overall Rank:
4044th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3208th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
920th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $134.00 USD (2013-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1415

Single Thread Rating

1247

Samples: 85*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,332
Thread: 1,359

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	4,935 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,632 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,141 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	289.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,108 KBytes/Sec
Physics	167 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	933 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,247 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of February 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,266
Apple M4 10 Core		23,698
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,631
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,764
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,485
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,600
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,396
Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz		1,415

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.29
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.03
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.41
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz		10.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,588
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz		1,247

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3198267 - Jan 08 2026		1570
BL3198265 - Jan 08 2026		1570
BL3047071 - Nov 12 2025		1507
BL2491225 - Mar 18 2025		653
BL2327263 - Jan 07 2025		1622

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz		1,415
Intel Pentium 2127U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,076 (-23.9%)
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,432 (+1.2%)
Intel Pentium 2020M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,414 (-0.1%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,661 (+17.3%)
Intel Celeron 4205U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,343 (-5.1%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,207 (-14.7%)
Intel Celeron 3965U @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,753 (+23.9%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,712 (+21.0%)
Intel Celeron 3867U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,449 (+2.4%)
Intel Celeron 5205U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,431 (+1.1%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,219 (-13.9%)
Intel Celeron 3965Y @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 2030M		1,201 (-15.1%)

Is the Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,426
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,999
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,916
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,865
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,771
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		7,148
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,905
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
Intel Pentium 2030M @ 2.50GHz		249

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