Xeon D-1813NT vs Pentium B950
Aggregate performance score
Xeon D-1813NT outperforms Pentium B950 by a whopping 675% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2768 | 1235 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.70 | 10.97 |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | no data |
| Release date | 13 June 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 10240 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | no data |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT 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) | no data |
| Socket | PGA988 | FCBGA2227 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 42 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| QuickAssist | no data | + |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 256 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 16 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 24 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.64 | 4.96 |
| Recency | 13 June 2011 | 1 October 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 42 Watt |
Pentium B950 has 20% lower power consumption.
Xeon D-1813NT, on the other hand, has a 675% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Xeon D-1813NT is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B950 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium B950 is a notebook processor while Xeon D-1813NT is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B950 and Xeon D-1813NT, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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