Pentium B950 vs i7-6700HQ

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-6700HQ
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.10
+551%
Pentium B950
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.63

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Pentium B950 by a whopping 551% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14052783
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Pentium
Power efficiency8.621.70
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$378$134

Detailed specifications

Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 2.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier2621
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size122 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C85 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1440PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Smart Response+no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+-
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz1.1 GHz
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Pentium B950.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-6700HQ 4.10
+551%
Pentium B950 0.63

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-6700HQ 6520
+551%
Pentium B950 1002

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-6700HQ 1098
+253%
Pentium B950 311

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-6700HQ 3443
+578%
Pentium B950 508

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-6700HQ 5419
+98.5%
Pentium B950 2730

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-6700HQ 20190
+284%
Pentium B950 5255

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-6700HQ 7092
+231%
Pentium B950 2145

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-6700HQ 7.7
+345%
Pentium B950 34.3

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-6700HQ 7
+357%
Pentium B950 2

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-6700HQ 3.8
+2275%
Pentium B950 0.2

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-6700HQ 4618
+246%
Pentium B950 1333

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-6700HQ 42
+372%
Pentium B950 9

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-6700HQ 157
+215%
Pentium B950 50

Geekbench 2

i7-6700HQ 12333
+214%
Pentium B950 3922

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.10 0.63
Integrated graphics card 2.60 0.77
Recency 1 September 2015 19 June 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

i7-6700HQ has a 550.8% higher aggregate performance score, 237.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium B950, on the other hand, has 28.6% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-6700HQ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B950 in performance tests.


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