Athlon II X3 405e vs Pentium G6960

Primary Details

Comparing Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2447	2430
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.02	4.58
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Clarkdale (2010−2011)	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80
Current price	$199	$25 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X3 405e has 22800% better value for money than Pentium G6960.

Detailed Specifications

Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e 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)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	81 mm2	169 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	382 million	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e 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	FCLGA1156	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	no data
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
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e 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 G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD

no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6960 and Athlon II X3 405e.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X3 405e outperforms Pentium G6960 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.84	0.86
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	45 Watt

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