Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Pentium Dual-Core E2160

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated67
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.73
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data31.03
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release dateJune 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads232
Base clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz5.7 GHz
Bus rateno data64K (per core)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1024 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)16 MB
L3 cache0 KB128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die size77 mm271+71+122 mm
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data47 °C
Number of transistors105 million13,140 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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
Socket775AM5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, XFR2, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

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.

Pentium Dual-Core E2160 645
Ryzen 9 7950X3D 62498
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Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 32
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt

Pentium Dual-Core E2160 has 84.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7950X3D, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D. We've got no test results to judge.


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