Ryzen 3 8440U vs Pentium D 955

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated939
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data27.24
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release dateJanuary 2006 (18 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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)
Threadsno data8
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cache28 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die size140 mm2137 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors376 million20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 configuration21
Socket775FP7
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 3 8440U has 100% more physical cores, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 364.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 955 and Ryzen 3 8440U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 955 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 8440U is a notebook one.


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