Athlon 64 FX-60 vs Pentium 4 660

General info

Comparing Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium 4	no data
Architecture codename	Prescott 2M	Toledo (2006)
Release date	no data	January 2006 (18 years ago)
Current price	$54	$99

Technical specs

Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	199 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	233 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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	PLGA775,PPGA775	939
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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 Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 FX-60 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	110 Watt

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