Pentium D 920: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium D 920 sales 16 January 2006. Based on a Presler architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.8 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is LGA775,PLGA775 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt and a maximum temperature of 63 °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium D 920 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | |
| Release date | 16 January 2006 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | of 98304 KB (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 63 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 920 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | LGA775,PLGA775 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 Watt (EPYC 9684X) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| PAE | 32 Bit | |
| FSB parity | - | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium D 920's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium D 920.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium D 920, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium D 920 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 19 configurations using Pentium D 920 in our database.
