AMD Phenom X3 8400 vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X3 8400 and Intel Pentium 4 HT 560 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8400

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 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 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2405 vs 1106

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

• Around 71% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X3 8400
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	973 975
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2405 1106

Compare specifications (specs)