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.

Is the Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz Good for Gaming?

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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:
4313th fastest in multithreading out of 5476 CPUs
3812th fastest in single threading out of 5476 CPUs
1035th fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1022

Single Thread Rating

946

Samples: 738*
*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	4,133 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,173 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,639 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	200.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,750 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	687 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	946 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2025.
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 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,358
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,145
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,682
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,834
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,529
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,612
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,413
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		1,022

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.49
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.21
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.05
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,514
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,030
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,011
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,892
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,621
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,590
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,394
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		946

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3040081 - Nov 09 2025		1184
BL3037914 - Nov 08 2025		1106
BL3037252 - Nov 08 2025		1170
BL3036790 - Nov 08 2025		504
BL5106398 - Nov 07 2025		1104

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz
As of 5th of December 2025 - 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		862 (-15.7%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium B950		800 (-21.7%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B950		1,019 (-0.4%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B950		996 (-2.6%)
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		879 (-14.0%)
AMD Turion II N550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B950		877 (-14.3%)

Is the Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,691
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,649
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,043
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,874
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,797
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,960
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,780
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,719
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,709
Intel Pentium B950 @ 2.10GHz		205

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