Pentium B940 vs Pentium Dual T2410

Core 2 Duo T5500 Core 2 Duo T5750 Core 2 Duo T5800 Core 2 Duo T7200 Core 2 Duo T7250 Core 2 Duo T7300 Core 2 Duo T7500 Core 2 Duo T7700 Pentium Dual Core T2370 Pentium Dual Core T2390 Pentium Dual Core T3200 Pentium Dual Core T3400
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Core i3-2310M Core i3-2330M Core i3-2350M Core i5-2410M Core i5-2430M Core i5-2450M Core i5-2520M Core i5-2540M Core i7-2630QM Core i7-2640M Core i7-2670QM Pentium B960

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T2410
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.36
Pentium B940
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.54
+50%

Pentium B940 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2410 by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Pentium Dual T2410 Pentium Dual T2410
Pentium B940 Pentium B940

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30402835
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.971.46
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 September 2008 (16 years ago)13 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 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)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate533 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data20
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size111 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C85 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketP, 478PinPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 Dual T2410 0.36
Pentium B940 0.54
+50%

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 Dual T2410 566
Pentium B940 861
+52.1%

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 Dual T2410 1896
Pentium B940 2610
+37.6%

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 Dual T2410 3529
Pentium B940 5067
+43.6%

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 Dual T2410 1551
Pentium B940 2034
+31.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.36 0.54
Recency 1 September 2008 13 June 2011
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

Pentium B940 has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium B940 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2410 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Pentium B940, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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