i7-12700F vs Pentium D 925

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated292
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.08
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data28.13
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 October 2006 (18 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$386

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2215 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)62 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F 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
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2006 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

i7-12700F has an age advantage of 15 years, 500% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 925 and Core i7-12700F. We've got no test results to judge.


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