Pentium D 915 vs Atom 330

Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Pentium D 915 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Diamondville (2008−2009)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	23 July 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43	$74

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Pentium D 915 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	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per die)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	51.9276 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	63 °C
Number of transistors	94 Million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Pentium D 915 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
Socket	PBGA437	LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Pentium D 915. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Pentium D 915 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Pentium D 915 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Pentium D 915. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	23 July 2006
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	95 Watt

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