Athlon 64 X2 5000+ vs Pentium 4 560

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 560 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Power efficiencyno data0.52
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)May 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 560 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data220 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 560 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataAM2
Power consumption (TDP)88 Watt89 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 88 Watt 89 Watt

Pentium 4 560 has 1.1% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 X2 5000+, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 560 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+. We've got no test results to judge.


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