Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G6950 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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Is the Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA1156

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 73 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: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G6950 @ 2.80GHz, Intel Pentium CPU G6950 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 32.64

Overall Rank:
3738th fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
3164th fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
1130th fastest in out of 1434 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $37.93 USD (2024-11-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1238

Single Thread Rating

1109

Samples: 86*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,821
Thread: 1,157

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	4,705 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,046 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,057 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	270.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,268 KBytes/Sec
Physics	128 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	768 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,109 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$37.93 USD	Buy Now!
	$82.63 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,723
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,488
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,130
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,867
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,238

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.03
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		32.64
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,109

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2288712 - Dec 20 2024		2035
BL2288684 - Dec 20 2024		2021
BL5053767 - Dec 14 2023		1455
BL1911605 - Sep 25 2023		1398
BL1902929 - Sep 13 2023		1354

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,238
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,170 (-5.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,007 (-18.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium G6950		994 (-19.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,222 (-1.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,204 (-2.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium G6950		936 (-24.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,155 (-6.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,126 (-9.0%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,002 (-19.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium G6950		990 (-20.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium G6950		932 (-24.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,316 (+6.3%)

Is the Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,410
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,170
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,310
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,508
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,292
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,815
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,686
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,524
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,412
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,295
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		226

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