Turion X2 RM-74 vs Pentium D 945

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Turion
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$163no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775,PLGA775S1
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74 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 Turion X2 RM-74 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 945 and Turion X2 RM-74. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2006 1 January 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Turion X2 RM-74 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 945 and Turion X2 RM-74. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 945 is a desktop processor while Turion X2 RM-74 is a notebook one.


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