Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Pentium D 960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2872	495
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	0.37	48.77
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$523	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	54 MHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 880M

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	14.43
Recency	23 April 2006	1 October 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	28 Watt

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