Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium Extreme Edition 955 sales 27 December 2005 at a recommended price of $999. Based on a Presler architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 466 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 775 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt and a maximum temperature of 69 °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | |
| Release date | 27 December 2005 (18 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.466 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 0.47 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 69 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Extreme Edition 955 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 775 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 955's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Extreme Edition 955.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium Extreme Edition 955 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2 configurations using Pentium Extreme Edition 955 in our database.
