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, Intel Pentium CPU B950 @ 2.10GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4456th fastest in multithreading out of 5810 CPUs
3908th fastest in single threading out of 5810 CPUs
1064th fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1022

Single Thread Rating

947

Samples: 747*
*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	4,132 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,165 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,632 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	199.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,694 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	692 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	947 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of March 2026.
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 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,232
Apple M4 10 Core		23,678
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,616
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,743
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,995
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,474
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,131
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,592
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,385
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		1,022

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.21
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.98
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.37
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		NA
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 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,502
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,003
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,886
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,614
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		947

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3296184 - Feb 19 2026		1190
BL3227999 - Jan 20 2026		1163
BL3223791 - Jan 18 2026		1171
BL3213369 - Jan 14 2026		588
BL3201731 - Jan 10 2026		1177

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		1,022
AMD Phenom II N660 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		1,083 (+6.0%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		1,018 (-0.4%)
AMD Turion II P560 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		913 (-10.7%)
AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		869 (-14.9%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium B950		789 (-22.8%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B950		1,026 (+0.4%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B950		998 (-2.3%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B950		967 (-5.4%)
AMD Turion II P540 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		922 (-9.8%)
AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M540 vs Intel Pentium B950		912 (-10.8%)
Intel Pentium B940 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium B950		895 (-12.5%)
AMD Turion II N550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		877 (-14.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,793
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,377
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,987
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,913
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,899
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,713
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,898
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,757
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		204

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