Ryzen 7 3700X vs Pentium D 915

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated504
Place by popularitynot in top-10095
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.18
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data20.66
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium D 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per die)4 MB
L3 cache0 KB32 MB
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 million19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775,PLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X. 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 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium D 915 465
Ryzen 7 3700X 22542
+4748%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2006 27 May 2019
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 915 and Ryzen 7 3700X. We've got no test results to judge.


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