Pentium B950 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Place in the ranking	986	2762
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	10.30	1.69
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	29 June 2017 (7 years ago)	13 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	32	21
L1 cache	576 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	213 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM4	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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 Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950 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 Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	-	-
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	-	1.1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	-	2
eDP	-	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	-	+
CRT	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 7.34
+1029%

Pentium B950 0.65

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 11240
+1030%

Pentium B950 995

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.34	0.65
Recency	29 June 2017	13 June 2011
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 has a 1029.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium B950, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium B950 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Pentium B950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.