Z-01 vs Pentium D 820
Aggregate performance score
Pentium D 820 outperforms Z-01 by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium D 820 and Z-01 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3146 | 3292 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium D | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.31 | 3.01 |
| Architecture codename | Smithfield (2005) | Desna (2011) |
| Release date | May 2005 (19 years ago) | 1 June 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 820 and Z-01 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 | 2.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 28 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 206 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 64 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 169 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.4V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 820 and Z-01 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | PLGA775 | FT1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 820 and Z-01. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A, AMD-V |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium D 820 and Z-01 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 820 and Z-01 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 Pentium D 820 and Z-01. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 Single-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 6250 |
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.
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 | 0.31 | 0.19 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium D 820 has a 63.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Z-01, on the other hand, has a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.
The Pentium D 820 is our recommended choice as it beats the Z-01 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium D 820 is a desktop processor while Z-01 is a notebook one.
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