Pentium B950 vs A10-7400P

Primary details

Comparing A10-7400P and Pentium B950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2227	2736
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

A10-7400P 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	245 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	102 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	2410 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-7400P 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 configuration	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP3	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7400P and Pentium B950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	-
FRTC	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
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	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A10-7400P and Pentium B950 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 A10-7400P and Pentium B950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-7400P and Pentium B950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7400P and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7400P and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7400P and Pentium B950.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.35	0.65
Recency	4 June 2014	19 June 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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