Atom D510 vs Pentium D 945

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and Atom D510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated3159
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data1.89
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)21 December 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$163$97

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and Atom D510 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz1.67 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per die)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size2x 81 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and Atom D510 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,PLGA775FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and Atom D510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switching--
PAE32 Bit32 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and Atom D510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 945 and Atom D510 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 945 and Atom D510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2006 21 December 2009
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 13 Watt

Atom D510 has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 630.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 945 and Atom D510. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 945 is a desktop processor while Atom D510 is a notebook one.


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