Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B940 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.
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Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988

Clockspeed: 2.0 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 B940 @ 2.00GHz, Intel Pentium CPU B940 @ 2.00GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 9.95

Overall Rank:
4571st fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
4056th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1104th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $89.95 USD (2024-05-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

895

Single Thread Rating

863

Samples: 464*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,711
Thread: 1,024

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz

Integer Math	3,576 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,913 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,351 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	176.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,398 KBytes/Sec
Physics	132 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	594 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	863 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$89.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 8th 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		20,632
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,767
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,013
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,486
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		9,395
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz		895

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.29
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.04
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.41
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz		9.95
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 8th 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		3,024
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 B940 @ 2.00GHz		863

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3199969 - Jan 09 2026		1114
BL3195174 - Jan 07 2026		1112
BL3116666 - Dec 08 2025		1139
BL3116664 - Dec 08 2025		1139
BL3096708 - Dec 01 2025		1040

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz		895
AMD Phenom II N660 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B940		1,083 (+21.1%)
Intel Pentium T4400 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		792 (-11.5%)
AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M520 vs Intel Pentium B940		855 (-4.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		966 (+8.0%)
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-68 vs Intel Pentium B940		866 (-3.2%)
Intel Pentium T4300 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		780 (-12.9%)
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-66 vs Intel Pentium B940		716 (-20.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9500 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		1,025 (+14.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		985 (+10.1%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B940		922 (+3.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo T8300 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		899 (+0.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo T7600 @ 2.33GHz vs Intel Pentium B940		800 (-10.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,427
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,000
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,913
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		6,906
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz		187

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