A6-7310 vs Pentium D 945

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1946
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Architecture codenamePresler (2006−2007)Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date23 July 2006 (17 years ago)7 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price$70 $452

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per die)2048 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm28 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature63 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 million930 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FP4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt12-25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and A6-7310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI-+
FMAno dataFMA4
AVXno data+
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno 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
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 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 945 and A6-7310 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data1
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 945 and A6-7310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3L-1866
Max memory channelsno data1
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium D 945 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 945 and A6-7310.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2006 7 May 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 12 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 945 and A6-7310. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 945 is a desktop processor while A6-7310 is a notebook one.


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