A8-3500M vs Pentium D 945

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and A8-3500M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2546
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	no data	2.38
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	23 July 2006 (18 years ago)	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$163	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and A8-3500M 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	228 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and A8-3500M 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	LGA775,PLGA775	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and A8-3500M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and A8-3500M 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 945 and A8-3500M 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 945 and A8-3500M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon HD 6620G

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 July 2006	14 June 2011
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

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