Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Pentium 4 660

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the 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	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. 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	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 660 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	89 Watt

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