Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Pentium 4 506

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	439
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency	no data	32.79
Architecture codename	Prescott (2001−2005)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	June 2005 (19 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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	1 (Single-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	1	16
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	6 nm
Die size	109 mm2	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	125 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	1.25V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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	PLGA775	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 9 6900HX.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	8
Threads	1	16
Chip lithography	90 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	45 Watt

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