Pentium 4 560 vs Turion II P560
Aggregate performance score
Turion II P560 outperforms Pentium 4 560 by a whopping 171% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2845 | 3234 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Pentium 4 |
| Power efficiency | 2.17 | 0.23 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Prescott (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (14 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 265 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | no data | 109 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 125 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560 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 | S1 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 88 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.57 | 0.21 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 88 Watt |
Turion II P560 has a 171.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 252% lower power consumption.
The Turion II P560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion II P560 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 560 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P560 and Pentium 4 560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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