Pentium B950 vs PRO A10-8750B

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Aggregate performance score

PRO A10-8750B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.72
+197%

PRO A10-8750B outperforms Pentium B950 by a whopping 197% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21943002
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.03
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.760.70
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesIntel
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)19 June 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

PRO A10-8750B 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size245 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °C85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-8750B 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2+PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA++
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
iGPU core count8no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์512no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-8750B and Pentium B950.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

PRO A10-8750B 1.72
+197%
Pentium B950 0.58

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

PRO A10-8750B 3018
+196%
Samples: 53
Pentium B950 1020
Samples: 730

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.

PRO A10-8750B 416
+33.3%
Pentium B950 312

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.

PRO A10-8750B 985
+91.3%
Pentium B950 515

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.72 0.58
Recency 29 September 2015 19 June 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

PRO A10-8750B has a 196.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium B950, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

The AMD PRO A10-8750B is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium B950 in performance tests.

Note that PRO A10-8750B is a desktop processor while Pentium B950 is a notebook one.

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