Pentium D 965 EE vs Pentium Extreme Edition 965

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2791	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.45	no data
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	26 March 2006 (18 years ago)	March 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE 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	4	4
Base clock speed	3.733 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.73 GHz	3.73 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	28 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	140 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	67 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE 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	2
Socket	775	775
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium D 965 EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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Pros & cons summary

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