Pentium D 960 vs V-Series V120

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Primary details

Comparing V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2869
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD V-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data0.37
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Presler (2005−2007)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)23 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$523

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB16 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per die)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistorsno data376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 23 April 2006
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 130 Watt

V-Series V120 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

Pentium D 960, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between V-Series V120 and Pentium D 960. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that V-Series V120 is a notebook processor while Pentium D 960 is a desktop one.


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AMD V-Series V120
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