A6-9220e vs Pentium D 950

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Presler (2006−2007)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	16 January 2006 (18 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	$150	$308

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	C1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	376 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e 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	no data
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
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 950 and A6-9220e 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 950 and A6-9220e are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 January 2006	1 June 2017
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

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