Pentium D 960 vs Pentium E5200

General info

Comparing Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2655	2719
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.13	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Presler (2006−2007)
Release date	August 2008 (15 years ago)	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	no data
Current price	$36 (0.4x MSRP)	$149

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 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	2.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (per die)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	82 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	C1=69 °C, D0=63 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 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	LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium D 960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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 E5200 outperforms Pentium D 960 by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.60	0.52
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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