Pentium 4 560 vs Athlon II X4 641
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II X4 641 outperforms Pentium 4 560 by a whopping 589% 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 | 2463 | 3508 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | Pentium 4 |
| Power efficiency | 1.41 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Prescott (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 6 February 2012 (13 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X4 641 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 109 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 125 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X4 641 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FM1 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 1 MB |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Pentium 4 560 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.31 | 0.19 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 1 Watt |
Athlon II X4 641 has a 589.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium 4 560, on the other hand, has 9900% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon II X4 641 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.
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