Ryzen 5 7520C vs Pentium D 930

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C 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	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Presler (2006−2007)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	16 January 2006 (18 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$73	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C 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	no data
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C 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 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C 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 930 and Ryzen 5 7520C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 610M

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 January 2006	23 May 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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