Celeron N3000 vs Pentium B950

Place in the ranking	2769	3006
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	1.70	9.23
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.04 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.08 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	IDI
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PGA988	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+
VT-i	no data	-
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 Series
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	600 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Celeron N3000.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no data	+

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 B950 0.63
+61.5%

Celeron N3000 0.39

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 B950 995
+60.2%

Celeron N3000 621

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium B950 310
+105%

Celeron N3000 151

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium B950 508
+92.4%

Celeron N3000 264