Pentium 4 1.80 vs Pentium D 915
Aggregate performance score
Pentium D 915 outperforms Pentium 4 1.80 by a whopping 286% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3362 | 3646 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 0.12 | 0.04 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Willamette (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 23 July 2006 (19 years ago) | August 2001 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $74 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 915 and Pentium 4 1.80 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 217 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 63 °C | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | 42 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 915 and Pentium 4 1.80 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 | 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 67 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 915 and Pentium 4 1.80. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| 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 915 and Pentium 4 1.80 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 915 and Pentium 4 1.80 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 915 and Pentium 4 1.80. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
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 | 0.27 | 0.07 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 67 Watt |
Pentium D 915 has a 285.7% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium 4 1.80, on the other hand, has 41.8% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium D 915 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 1.80 in performance tests.
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