Celeron 5205U vs Pentium B950
Aggregate performance score
Celeron 5205U outperforms Pentium B950 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2784 | 2547 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | Intel Comet Lake |
| Power efficiency | 1.70 | 5.68 |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Comet Lake-U (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 19 June 2011 (13 years ago) | 31 October 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | $107 |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U 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 | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | 4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | PGA988 | FCBGA1528 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3, DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | 37.5 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors | Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors |
| Max video memory | no data | 32 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | 900 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | 3 |
| eDP | + | + |
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
| DVI | no data | + |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 12 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.63 | 0.90 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.77 | 5.58 |
| Recency | 19 June 2011 | 31 October 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Celeron 5205U has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, 624.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Celeron 5205U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B950 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B950 and Celeron 5205U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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