i9-14900KS vs Pentium D 955

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated68
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data24.81
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release dateJanuary 2006 (18 years ago)March 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$689

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threadsno data32
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz5.9 GHz
L1 cache28 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size140 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS 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 configuration21
Socket775FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS. 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 Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.65 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 24
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

Pentium D 955 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

i9-14900KS, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 955 and Core i9-14900KS. We've got no test results to judge.


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