Pentium Gold 4417U vs Turion II Ultra M660

Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M660
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.64
Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.04
+219%

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Turion II Ultra M660 by a whopping 219% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27611898
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraIntel Kaby Lake Refresh
Power efficiency1.7312.87
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)15 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U 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
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.1 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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. 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.

Turion II Ultra M660 0.64
Pentium Gold 4417U 2.04
+219%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II Ultra M660 2278
Pentium Gold 4417U 3570
+56.8%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion II Ultra M660 4403
Pentium Gold 4417U 8012
+82%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 2.04
Recency 10 September 2009 15 February 2019
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Gold 4417U has a 218.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold 4417U is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II Ultra M660 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium Gold 4417U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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