Pentium B915C: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium B915C sales 1 May 2012. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket G2 (988B) processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium B915C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 2048 KB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B915C compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | G2 (988B) | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium B915C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium B915C's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium B915C.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) |
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium B915C, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium B915C in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 7 configurations using Pentium B915C in our database.
