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| Intel Pentium B950 vs Core i5 3230M |
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Released January, 2013
Intel Core i5 3230M
- 2.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Core i5 3230M
![]() | Has virtualization support Yes |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Pentium B950 vs the Core i5 3230M. | |||||||
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Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium B950 vs Core i5 3230M
CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench
Pentium B950
19.45 fps
Core i5 3230M
117.15 fps
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium B950
2,639
Core i5 3230M
5,290
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium B950
1,520
Core i5 3230M
2,543
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium B950
103,500 MB/s
Core i5 3230M
2,110,000 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Pentium B950
1,717
Core i5 3230M
3,989
PassMark (Single Core)
Pentium B950
989
Core i5 3230M
1,583
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium B950 | vs | Core i5 3230M |
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Clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
rPGA 988A | |||
rPGA 988B | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 35W | 35W | |
Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.84 pt/W | 12.42 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 28.44W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s |
details | Pentium B950 | vs | Core i5 3230M |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 0.5 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 2 MB | 3 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 21 | 26 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 85°C | Unknown - 105°C | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 4000 | |
Number of displays supported | 2 | 3 | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3L-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3L-1333 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | No | No | |
Maximum bandwidth | 21,333.32 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 16,384 MB | 32,768 MB |
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