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:
4828th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
4385th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
1357th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

704

Single Thread Rating

702

Samples: 889*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 759
Thread: 833

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

Integer Math	3,107 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,575 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,895 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	213.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,655 KBytes/Sec
Physics	71 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	263 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	702 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.
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 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,284
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,132
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		704

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		702

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2998880 - Oct 23 2025		707
BL2980369 - Oct 16 2025		724
BL2950675 - Oct 03 2025		827
BL2950614 - Oct 03 2025		822
BL2916103 - Sep 18 2025		868

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 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		704
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		805 (+14.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		730 (+3.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		854 (+21.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium D 950		846 (+20.1%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs Intel Pentium D 950		799 (+13.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		774 (+9.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		748 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		732 (+4.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		720 (+2.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e vs Intel Pentium D 950		710 (+0.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		701 (-0.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		675 (-4.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		118

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