Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Pentium B950

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium B950
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.64
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
17.65
+2658%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Pentium B950 by a whopping 2658% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2846373
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data30.12
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency1.7516.08
DesignerIntelAMD
ManufacturerIntelTSMC
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)
Release date13 June 2011 (13 years ago)20 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128 KB512 KB
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)96 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size131 mm274 + 125 mm
Maximum core temperature85 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors504 million8,850 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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
SocketPGA988AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.286x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
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+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 5800X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size16 GB128 GB
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 ProcessorsN/A
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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.

Pentium B950 0.64
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 17.65
+2658%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium B950 1019
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 28315
+2679%

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 313
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2117
+576%

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 511
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 11072
+2067%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 6008
+120%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 42010
+699%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14479
+575%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.65
+840%

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.

Pentium B950 2
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 27
+1568%

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.

Pentium B950 0.2
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 13.8
+8525%

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.

Pentium B950 1333
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14431
+983%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 138
+1453%

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
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 292
+484%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 17.65
Recency 13 June 2011 20 April 2022
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 105 Watt

Pentium B950 has 200% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D, on the other hand, has a 2657.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium B950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium B950 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 5800X3D is a desktop one.

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