Athlon 64 X2 5000+ vs Pentium D 960

General info

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2719	2736
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Presler (2006−2007)	Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date	23 April 2006 (18 years old)	May 2006 (17 years old)
Current price	$149	$57

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Pentium D 960 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	220 mm2
Maximum core temperature	C1=69 °C, D0=63 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	154 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 960 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+. 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 Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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 Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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 Athlon 64 X2 5000+. 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)

no data

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.

Pentium D 960 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.52	0.50
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	89 Watt

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