A6-9220e vs Pentium D 950
Primary details
Comparing Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2739 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD Bristol Ridge |
Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
Release date | 16 January 2006 (18 years ago) | 1 June 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 2 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 160 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 124.5 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | C1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C | 90 °C |
Number of transistors | 376 million | 1200 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e 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 | no data |
Socket | LGA775,PLGA775 | BGA |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, |
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 |
Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e 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 950 and A6-9220e 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 950 and A6-9220e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) |
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.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 16 January 2006 | 1 June 2017 |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6 Watt |
A6-9220e has an age advantage of 11 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 2066.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium D 950 and A6-9220e. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium D 950 is a desktop processor while A6-9220e is a notebook one.
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