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:
4525th fastest in multithreading out of 5276 CPUs
4136th fastest in single threading out of 5276 CPUs
1294th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

680

Single Thread Rating

696

^%
Samples: 881*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 759
Thread: 833

^%Single 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	2,980 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,555 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,879 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	208.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,442 KBytes/Sec
Physics	70 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	252 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	696 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of July 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 18th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,610
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,007
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,423
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,497
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,153
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,701
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		680

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		229.62
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.89
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		152.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		138.35
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.05
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.50
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

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,609
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		696

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2711088 - Jun 21 2025		619
BL2062745 - Mar 27 2024		828
BL1905169 - Sep 16 2023		870
BL1614423 - Aug 18 2022		857
BL1606437 - Aug 03 2022		515

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 18th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		680
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		801 (+17.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		729 (+7.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium D 950		846 (+24.5%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs Intel Pentium D 950		799 (+17.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		778 (+14.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		745 (+9.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		720 (+6.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		719 (+5.8%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e vs Intel Pentium D 950		710 (+4.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		692 (+1.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs Intel Pentium D 950		671 (-1.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs Intel Pentium D 950		648 (-4.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,410
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,282
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,835
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,564
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,476
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,275
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,799
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,790
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,615
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,470
Intel Pentium D 950 @ 3.40GHz		117

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