Intel Atom x6214RE vs Intel Pentium D 920

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom x6214RE and Intel Pentium D 920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Atom x6214RE

Intel Pentium D 920

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom x6214RE

Around 34% higher maximum core temperature: 85 °C vs 63.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 65 nm
15.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum core temperature	85 °C vs 63.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D 920

2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	4096 KB vs 1.5 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom x6214RE
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 920

Name	Intel Atom x6214RE	Intel Pentium D 920
PassMark - Single thread mark	754
PassMark - CPU mark	1109
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		179
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		307

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom x6214RE	Intel Pentium D 920
Essentials
Launch date	Q1'23	January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$47
Place in performance rating	2607	3301
Processor Number	X6214RE	920
Architecture codename		Presler
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	1.40 GHz	2.80 GHz
L2 cache	1.5 MB	4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	63.4°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Die size		162 mm2
L1 cache		28 KB
Maximum frequency		2.8 GHz
Transistor count		376 million
VID voltage range		1.200V-1.3375V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	4x32 LPDDR4/x 3200MT/s Max 16GB / 2x64 DDR4 3200MT/s Max 32GB LPDDR4/x & DDR4 with In-Band ECC	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	400 MHz
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FCBGA1493	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	8
PCI Express revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)