Ryzen 5 5600G vs Pentium D 920

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	610
Place by popularity	not in top-100	18
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	28.09
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	18.21
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Cezanne (2021−2024)
Release date	16 January 2006 (18 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	$259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.4 GHz
Multiplier	no data	39
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	AM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	376 million	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 920 and Ryzen 5 5600G.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 January 2006	13 April 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

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