Pentium Extreme Edition 965 vs Ryzen 5 1600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1180	3074
Place by popularity	46	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.39	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	11.46	0.46
Designer	AMD	Intel
Manufacturer	GlobalFoundries	Intel
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2017−2020)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	16 March 2017 (8 years ago)	26 March 2006 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$219	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have a nearly equal value for money.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.733 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	0.73 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	576 KB	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	213 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	67 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.95	0.56
Recency	16 March 2017	26 March 2006
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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