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: 6.02

Overall Rank:
4219th fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
3537th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
1212th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $207.84 USD (2025-12-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1252

Single Thread Rating

1118

Samples: 87*
*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	4,727 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,058 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,059 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	272.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,575 KBytes/Sec
Physics	128 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	787 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,118 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,417
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,259
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,683
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,595
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,252

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		137.59
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.51
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		6.02
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,490
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,118

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2784454 - Jul 23 2025		1401
BL2288712 - Dec 20 2024		2035
BL2288684 - Dec 20 2024		2021
BL5053767 - Dec 14 2023		1455
BL1911605 - Sep 25 2023		1398

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		1,252
AMD Phenom II X2 565 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,453 (+16.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual Core vs Intel Pentium G6950		993 (-20.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ vs Intel Pentium G6950		954 (-23.8%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,557 (+24.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,645 (+31.4%)
Intel Celeron J4005 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,547 (+23.6%)
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,427 (+14.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,312 (+4.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,255 (+0.2%)
Intel Pentium G645T @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,238 (-1.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,210 (-3.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium G6950		1,184 (-5.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,264
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,173
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz		228

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