AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 524

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 460 and Intel Pentium 4 HT 524 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

AMD Athlon II X3 460

Intel Pentium 4 HT 524

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 460

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.06 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 67.7°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
24x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1013 vs 817

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	3 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.06 GHz
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 67.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 16 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1013 vs 817

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 524

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 95 Watt
2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 771 vs 383

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	771 vs 383

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 460
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 524

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

383

771

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1013

817

Name	AMD Athlon II X3 460	Intel Pentium 4 HT 524
PassMark - Single thread mark	1395
PassMark - CPU mark	2008
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	383	771
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1013	817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.511

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X3 460	Intel Pentium 4 HT 524
Essentials
Architecture codename	Rana	Prescott
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	May 2011	Q2'06
Launch price (MSRP)	$50
OPN PIB	ADX460WFGMBOX
OPN Tray	ADX460WFK32GM
Place in performance rating	2591	2585
Price now	$38.99
Series	AMD Athlon II X3	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Value for money (0-100)	21.59
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		524
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.06 GHz
Die size	169 mm	112 mm2
L1 cache	384 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	67.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.06 GHz
Number of cores	3	1
Number of threads	3
Transistor count	300 million	125 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		533 MHz FSB
VID voltage range		1.200V-1.425V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)