Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Pentium Dual-Core E2160
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Pentium Dual-Core E2160 by a whopping 3239% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3213 | 634 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 0.25 | 11.92 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Conroe (2006−2007) | Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | June 2007 (18 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 33 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 | 775 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX. 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 | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160 and Ryzen 9 5900HX.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 12.69 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 45 Watt |
Ryzen 9 5900HX has a 3239.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 5900HX is a notebook one.
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