Pentium Dual T3200 vs Pentium Extreme Edition 965
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Extreme Edition 965 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3200 by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3081 | 3273 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium Dual Core |
| Power efficiency | 0.18 | 0.46 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 26 March 2006 (19 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.733 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 0.73 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 667 MHz |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 143 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 67 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 | 775 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
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 | 0.56 | 0.38 |
| Recency | 26 March 2006 | 1 October 2008 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium Extreme Edition 965 has a 47.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
Pentium Dual T3200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 271.4% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Extreme Edition 965 is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T3200 is a notebook one.
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