Pentium D 950 vs Core 2 Duo E6400

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Conroe (2006−2007)	Presler (2006−2007)
Release date	July 2006 (17 years old)	16 January 2006 (18 years old)
Current price	$73	$156

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950 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	2.13 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB (per die)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	C1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C
Number of transistors	291 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950 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
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6400 and Pentium D 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

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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Advantages and disadvantages

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Power consumption (TDP)

65 Watt

130 Watt

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