Intel Pentium B950 vs Intel Pentium M 1.40

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium B950 and Intel Pentium M 1.40 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium B950

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 941 vs 425
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 998 vs 345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2011 vs March 2003
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB vs 16 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 941 vs 425
PassMark - CPU mark 998 vs 345

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium M 1.40

  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 85C
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 85C
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 22 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium B950
CPU 2: Intel Pentium M 1.40

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
941
425
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
998
345
Name Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium M 1.40
PassMark - Single thread mark 941 425
PassMark - CPU mark 998 345
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 344
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 19.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.037

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium B950 Intel Pentium M 1.40

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Banias
Launch date 15 May 2011 March 2003
Place in performance rating 3111 3105
Processor Number B950
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 1.40 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 400 MHz FSB
Die size 149 mm 83 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 85C 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 624 Million 77 million
VID voltage range 0.956V-1.388V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR1, DDR2

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mmx37.5mm (rPGA988B)
Sockets supported PGA988 PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 22 Watt
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 0 W

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 32-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

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