Intel Pentium B950 vs Intel Pentium 2030M

Intel Pentium B950
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2011
Intel Pentium B950
Intel Pentium 2030M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Pentium 2030M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium B950
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    129%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium B950
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    126%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium B950
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    131%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium B950

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2030M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 26% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 31% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium 2030M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2030M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium 2030M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2030M

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.
Intel VT-x

Architecture

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2011vsJan 2013

Cores

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagerPGAvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size131mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium B950Intel Pentium 2030M
Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium B950
    2100 points
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    2575 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium B950
    4200 points
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    5150 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium B950
    2491
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    3282

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium B950
    1483
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    1876

points - higher is better