AMD Athlon II N350 vs Intel Pentium D 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II N350 and Intel Pentium D 960 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon II N350

Intel Pentium D 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N350

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
9.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 983 vs 782
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 856 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2010 vs May 2006
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 28 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	983 vs 782
PassMark - CPU mark	856 vs 807

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D 960

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L2 cache	4096 KB vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II N350
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 960

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

983

782

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

856

807

Name	AMD Athlon II N350	Intel Pentium D 960
PassMark - Single thread mark	983	782
PassMark - CPU mark	856	807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II N350	Intel Pentium D 960
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Presler
Launch date	4 October 2010	May 2006
Place in performance rating	2318	2601
Series	AMD Athlon II	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Laptop	Desktop
Processor Number		960
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117.5 mm	162 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	28 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	234 Million	376 million
Base frequency		3.60 GHz
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		C1=68.6°C, D0=63.4°C
VID voltage range		1.200V-1.3375V
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Advanced Technologies
VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)