Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Pentium Dual-Core E2200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Presler (2005−2007)
Release dateDecember 2007 (16 years ago)27 December 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.466 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz0.47 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)16 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size77 mm22x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistors105 million376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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
Socket775775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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 E2200 747
+59.3%
Pentium Extreme Edition 955 469

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt

Pentium Dual-Core E2200 has 100% lower power consumption.

Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. We've got no test results to judge.


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