Apple M2 Pro vs Pentium D 960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2760	461
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Presler (2006−2007)	no data
Release date	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 960 and Apple M2 Pro 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	3.3 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	36 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	24 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	C1=69 °C, D0=63 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 960 and Apple M2 Pro 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 960 and Apple M2 Pro 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 Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Pentium D 960 by 2710% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.52	14.61
Recency	23 April 2006	17 January 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm

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