AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660 vs Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Intel Pentium 4 1.80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660

Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 180 nm
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 416 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2008 vs August 2001
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	416 vs 160

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	429 vs 428

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.80

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

428

429

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

416

160

Name	AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
PassMark - Single thread mark	428	429
PassMark - CPU mark	416	160

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lima	Willamette
Launch date	May 2008	August 2001
Place in performance rating	3101	3106
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	77 mm	217 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	122 million	42 million
Base frequency		1.80 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Maximum core temperature		78°C
VID voltage range		1.575V-1.75V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	66.7 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)