Ryzen 5 6600H vs Pentium D 840

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated653
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiencyno data24.75
Architecture codenameSmithfield (2005)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release dateMay 2005 (19 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache28 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm6 nm
Die size206 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °C95 °C
Number of transistors169 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 configuration21
SocketPLGA775FP7
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
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 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H. 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 dataAMD Radeon 660M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 90 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 6600H has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 840 and Ryzen 5 6600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 840 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 6600H is a notebook one.


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