Intel Core i3-3229Y vs Pentium B950

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Combined performance score

Pentium B950
0.65

General info

Comparing Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26062602
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Core i3
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Ivy Bridge-Y
Release date19 June 2011 (12 years old)8 January 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$250
Current price$90 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y 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 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size131 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °C105 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y 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 configuration11
SocketPGA988FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA+no data
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Demand Based Switching--
FDI++
Fast Memory Access++
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Identity Protectionno data+
Anti-Theft-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 4000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz850 MHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO++
CRT++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y.

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 0.65
i3-3229Y 0.65

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium B950 998
i3-3229Y 1004
+0.6%

Core i3-3229Y outperforms Pentium B950 by 1% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium B950 308
+27.3%
i3-3229Y 242

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 27% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium B950 518
i3-3229Y 546
+5.4%

Core i3-3229Y outperforms Pentium B950 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium B950 2730
+46%
i3-3229Y 1870

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 46% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium B950 5255
+40.5%
i3-3229Y 3740

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 41% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium B950 2145
+37.9%
i3-3229Y 1556

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 38% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium B950 34.3
+20.1%
i3-3229Y 41.19

Core i3-3229Y outperforms Pentium B950 by 20% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium B950 2
+32.5%
i3-3229Y 1

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 33% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium B950 0.2
+33.3%
i3-3229Y 0.1

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 33% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium B950 1333
+6.1%
i3-3229Y 1256

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 6% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium B950 50
+16.3%
i3-3229Y 43

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 16% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium B950 9
+12.5%
i3-3229Y 8

Pentium B950 outperforms Core i3-3229Y by 13% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 19 June 2011 8 January 2013
Threads 2 4
Cost $134 $250
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 13 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium B950 and Core i3-3229Y. The differences in performance seem too small.


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