Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Pentium B950

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2660	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	2x AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data
Current price	$90 (0.7x MSRP)	$66

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	no data	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	0 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	PGA988	Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
AES-NI	-	no data
FMA	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 June 2011	1 November 2009
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	20 Watt

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