Pentium 4 560 vs Athlon II P360
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II P360 outperforms Pentium 4 560 by a whopping 111% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3236 | 3505 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | Pentium 4 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Prescott (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (14 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II P360 and Pentium 4 560 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | no data | 109 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 125 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II P360 and Pentium 4 560 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1g4 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P360 and Pentium 4 560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P360 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.40 | 0.19 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
Athlon II P360 has a 110.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Athlon II P360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon II P360 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 560 is a desktop one.
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