i5-10400F vs Pentium D 960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2870	915
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	23.00
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.37	11.93
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$523	$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium D 960 and i5-10400F have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F 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	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 960 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.51	8.23
Recency	23 April 2006	30 April 2020
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt

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