Xeon E-2236 vs Pentium D 950
Primary details
Comparing Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 793 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 20.15 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon E |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2006−2007) | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 16 January 2006 (18 years ago) | 27 May 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $284 |
| Current price | $140 | $405 (1.4x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 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 | 3.4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 1.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 12 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 149.6 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | C1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | no data |
| 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 Xeon E-2236 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 | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | no data | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over VGA | no data | N/A |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon E-2236 outperforms Pentium D 950 by 1958% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 January 2006 | 27 May 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 80 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium D 950 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2236 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium D 950 and Xeon E-2236, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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