Pentium 4 660 vs E2-3800
Primary details
Comparing E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2566 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Pentium 4 |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Prescott 2M |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) | no data |
| Current price | $107 | $54 |
Detailed specifications
E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 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 | no data | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 71 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.2V-1.4V |
Compatibility
Information on E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 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 | no data |
| Socket | FT3 | PLGA775,PPGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 115 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| FMA | FMA4 | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
| PowerTune | - | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| PowerGating | + | no data |
| Out-of-band client management | - | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1600 | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8280 | no data |
| Number of pipelines | 128 | no data |
| Enduro | + | no data |
| Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
| UVD | + | no data |
| VCE | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Pentium 4 660 outperforms E2-3800 by 97% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 115 Watt |
We couldn't decide between E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that E2-3800 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 660 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between E2-3800 and Pentium 4 660, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar processor comparisons
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.
