Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium D 950 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: PLGA775

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 130 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 16384 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4300th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3943rd fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1263rd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

681

Single Thread Rating

695

²
Samples: 880*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 759
Thread: 833

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Integer Math	2,984 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,564 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,893 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	210.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,542 KBytes/Sec
Physics	71 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	253 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	695 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		681

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		695

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2062745 - Mar 27 2024		828
BL1905169 - Sep 16 2023		870
BL1614423 - Aug 18 2022		857
BL1606437 - Aug 03 2022		515
BL1604112 - Jul 30 2022		513

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		681
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		800 (+17.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		731 (+7.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		850 (+24.7%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium D 950		846 (+24.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs Intel Pentium D 950		783 (+14.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		774 (+13.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		743 (+9.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		720 (+5.7%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e vs Intel Pentium D 950		710 (+4.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		708 (+3.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		692 (+1.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		671 (-1.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		117

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