Pentium 967 vs Athlon 64 FX-74
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 64 FX-74 outperforms Pentium 967 by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3061 | 3263 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 0.19 | 0.90 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | November 2006 (19 years ago) | 2 October 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | $134 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 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 | no data | 1.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 13 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 235 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 227 million | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | F | FCBGA1023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| FMA | - | + |
| 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
Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 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 Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Pentium 967.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.55 | 0.36 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 17 Watt |
Athlon 64 FX-74 has a 52.8% higher aggregate performance score.
Pentium 967, on the other hand, has a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 635.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 967 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 64 FX-74 is a desktop processor while Pentium 967 is a notebook one.
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