A4-3330MX vs Pentium D 960
Aggregate performance score
Pentium D 960 outperforms A4-3330MX by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3146 | 3183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | 0.15 | 0.41 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Llano (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 23 April 2006 (19 years ago) | 20 December 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $523 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 960 and A4-3330MX 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 | 3.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 228 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 69 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 960 and A4-3330MX 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 | FS1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and A4-3330MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium D 960 and A4-3330MX 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 960 and A4-3330MX 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 960 and A4-3330MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz) |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.47 | 0.43 |
| Recency | 23 April 2006 | 20 December 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 45 Watt |
Pentium D 960 has a 9.3% higher aggregate performance score.
A4-3330MX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Pentium D 960 and AMD A4-3330MX.
Note that Pentium D 960 is a desktop processor while A4-3330MX is a notebook one.
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