Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U vs Pentium B950

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2783not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date19 June 2011 (13 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size131 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPGA988FP7
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon 760M
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.77 14.91
Recency 19 June 2011 16 April 2024
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has 1836.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium B950 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium B950 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U is a server/workstation one.


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