Itanium 9130M vs Pentium B950

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3011not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency0.70no data
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelno data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)no data
Release date19 June 2011 (14 years ago)1 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M 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)no data
Threads2no data
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)8 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C76 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M 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)no data
SocketPGA988PPGA611
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M 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 Itanium 9130M are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Itanium 9130M 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 Itanium 9130M.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 June 2011 1 October 2007
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 104 Watt

Pentium B950 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 197.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Pentium B950 and Intel Itanium 9130M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium B950 is a notebook processor while Itanium 9130M is a server/workstation one.

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