Pentium Dual-Core E2160 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 9955HX
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
32.53
+8461%
Pentium Dual-Core E2160
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.38

Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Pentium Dual-Core E2160 by a whopping 8461% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1363207
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)no data
Power efficiency25.080.25
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameFire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)June 2007 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads322
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz1.8 GHz
L1 cache1.3 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1 MB (shared)
L3 cache64 MB0 KB
Chip lithographyno data65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 data775
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 32.53
+8461%
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 0.38

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.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 57389
+8556%
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 663

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.53 0.38
Physical cores 16 2
Threads 32 2
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 8460.5% higher aggregate performance score, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and 18.2% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 9955HX is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is a desktop one.

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