Pentium B950 vs Turion 64 ML-42

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated3019
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.03
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesTurion 64Intel Pentium
Power efficiencyno data0.70
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameLancaster (2005−2006)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateOctober 2005 (20 years ago)19 June 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Die size125 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors114 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket754PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
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

Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950 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 Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950. 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 Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 ML-42 and Pentium B950.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary

Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm

Pentium B950 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

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