Pentium Extreme Edition 965 vs Athlon II X2 240e

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 240e and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2773	2774
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.61	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.30	0.45
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)	26 March 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 240e and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 240e 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.733 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	0.73 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	117 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	67 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240e 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	1
Socket	AM3	775
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	130 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 240e and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 240e and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 240e and Pentium Extreme Edition 965.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 October 2009	26 March 2006
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	130 Watt

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