Pentium 4 560 vs V-Series V120
Aggregate performance score
V-Series V120 outperforms Pentium 4 560 by a significant 26% 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 | 3429 | 3505 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD V-Series | Pentium 4 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Prescott (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
V-Series V120 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 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 V-Series V120 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) | 512 KB | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium 4 560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium 4 560 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.24 | 0.19 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 Watt | 1 Watt |
V-Series V120 has a 26.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium 4 560, on the other hand, has 51100% lower power consumption.
The AMD V-Series V120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.
Be aware that V-Series V120 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 560 is a desktop one.
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