Ryzen 5 2600X vs Pentium D 960
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 2600X outperforms Pentium D 960 by a whopping 1574% 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 | 3165 | 1081 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | 5.70 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 0.39 | 8.88 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 23 April 2006 (19 years ago) | 19 April 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $523 | $229 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Ryzen 5 2600X has 56900% better value for money than Pentium D 960.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 960 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 4.25 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 36 |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 69 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 960 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | LGA775,PLGA775 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Ryzen 5 2600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| 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 |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium D 960 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 Ryzen 5 2600X 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 Ryzen 5 2600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 46.933 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 960 and Ryzen 5 2600X.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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 | 7.87 |
| Recency | 23 April 2006 | 19 April 2018 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 95 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2600X has a 1574.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 36.8% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium D 960 in performance tests.
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