AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs Intel Pentium D 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 460 and Intel Pentium D 960 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 D 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 460

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
13.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1395 vs 782
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2008 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2011 vs May 2006
Number of cores	3 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 28 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1395 vs 782
PassMark - CPU mark	2008 vs 807

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D 960

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache	4096 KB vs 1.5 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 460
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 960

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1395

782

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2008

807

Name	AMD Athlon II X3 460	Intel Pentium D 960
PassMark - Single thread mark	1395	782
PassMark - CPU mark	2008	807
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	383
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.511

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X3 460	Intel Pentium D 960
Essentials
Architecture codename	Rana	Presler
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	May 2011	May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$50
OPN PIB	ADX460WFGMBOX
OPN Tray	ADX460WFK32GM
Place in performance rating	2583	2591
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		960
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.60 GHz
Die size	169 mm	162 mm2
L1 cache	384 KB	28 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	C1=68.6°C, D0=63.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	3	2
Number of threads	3
Transistor count	300 million	376 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
VID voltage range		1.200V-1.3375V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM3	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)