Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Pentium Extreme Edition 965
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 8640HS outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 965 by a whopping 2048% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2667 | 503 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
Architecture codename | Presler (2006−2007) | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) |
Release date | 26 March 2006 (18 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 | 4 | 12 |
Base clock speed | 3.733 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 0.73 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 4 nm |
Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 67 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 376 million | 25,000 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 | 775 | FP8 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
AES-NI | no data | + |
AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS are enumerated here.
AMD-V | no data | + |
VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon 760M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS.
PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Ryzen 5 8640HS outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 965 by 2048% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 5 8640HS outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 965 by 2055% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 0.64 | 13.75 |
Recency | 26 March 2006 | 6 December 2023 |
Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
Threads | 4 | 12 |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 4 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 28 Watt |
The Ryzen 5 8640HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Extreme Edition 965 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Extreme Edition 965 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 8640HS is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Extreme Edition 965 and Ryzen 5 8640HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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