Pentium Extreme Edition 965 vs FX-4300

Primary details

Comparing FX-4300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1966	2770
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.28	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.87	0.45
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	26 March 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$122	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

FX-4300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

FX-4300 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.733 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	0.73 GHz
L1 cache	no data	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	2 MB (per core)
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	315 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	67 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	+
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.225 V - Max: 1.3875 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4300 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)	95 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4300 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 FX-4300 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 FX-4300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965.

PCIe version

n/a

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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Performance score	1.95	0.64
Recency	23 October 2012	26 March 2006
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	130 Watt

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