Atom D2700 vs Pentium B940

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium B940
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.54
+86.2%
Atom D2700
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.29

Pentium B940 outperforms Atom D2700 by an impressive 86% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28493128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.462.74
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date19 June 2011 (13 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$52

Detailed specifications

Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size131 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °C100 °C
Number of transistors504 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 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
SocketPGA988FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B940 and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching--
PAEno data36 Bit
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data-
HD Audiono data+

Security technologies

Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B940 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB4 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B940 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B940 and Atom D2700.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes164
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8

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.

Pentium B940 0.54
+86.2%
Atom D2700 0.29

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.

Pentium B940 865
+89.7%
Atom D2700 456

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.

Pentium B940 317
+181%
Atom D2700 113

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.

Pentium B940 545
+71.4%
Atom D2700 318

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.

Pentium B940 2034
+77.2%
Atom D2700 1148

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.

Pentium B940 2
+117%
Atom D2700 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.54 0.29
Recency 19 June 2011 1 November 2011
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium B940 has a 86.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom D2700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more threads, and 250% lower power consumption.

The Pentium B940 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D2700 in performance tests.


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