Atom N2600 vs Pentium B950

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium B950
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.63
+215%
Atom N2600
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 3 Watt
0.20

Pentium B950 outperforms Atom N2600 by a whopping 215% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27833233
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.704.73
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date19 June 2011 (13 years ago)1 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$47

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 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 speed2.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no 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 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 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 Watt3.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Atom N2600. 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--
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB2.44 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

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) 3600 (400 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Atom N2600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Atom N2600.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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 B950 0.63
+215%
Atom N2600 0.20

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 B950 1002
+217%
Atom N2600 316

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 B950 311
+315%
Atom N2600 75

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 B950 508
+142%
Atom N2600 210

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.

Pentium B950 2730
+405%
Atom N2600 541

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.

Pentium B950 5255
+244%
Atom N2600 1528

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 B950 2145
+164%
Atom N2600 812

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.

Pentium B950 34.3
+92.4%
Atom N2600 66

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.  

Pentium B950 9
Atom N2600 10
+11.2%

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.  

Pentium B950 50
+410%
Atom N2600 10

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.63 0.20
Recency 19 June 2011 1 December 2011
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 3 Watt

Pentium B950 has a 215% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N2600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, 100% more threads, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium B950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N2600 in performance tests.


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