EPYC 9555 vs Pentium D 820

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3095not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesPentium Dno data
Power efficiency0.31no data
Architecture codenameSmithfield (2005)Turin (2024)
Release dateMay 2005 (19 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,826

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555 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 cores2 (Dual-core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads2128
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache28 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm4 nm
Die size206 mm28x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
Number of transistors169 million66,520 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555 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 configuration22
SocketPLGA775SP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 64
Threads 2 128
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 360 Watt

Pentium D 820 has 278.9% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9555, on the other hand, has 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 820 and EPYC 9555. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 820 is a desktop processor while EPYC 9555 is a server/workstation one.


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