Pentium Dual T3200 vs Phenom II X4 P920
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X4 P920 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3200 by a whopping 100% 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 | 2863 | 3270 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | Intel Pentium Dual Core |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P920 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 667 MHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 143 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P920 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.
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.76 | 0.38 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 1 October 2008 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 1 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P920 has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium Dual T3200, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
The AMD Phenom II X4 P920 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 in performance tests.
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