AMD Phenom X4 9850B vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9850B 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.

AMD Phenom X4 9850B

Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9850B

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
32x 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 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Launch date	August 2008 vs June 2004
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 16 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Around 44% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9850B
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 560

Name	AMD Phenom X4 9850B	Intel Pentium 4 HT 560
PassMark - Single thread mark	992
PassMark - CPU mark	1946
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		975
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1106

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom X4 9850B	Intel Pentium 4 HT 560
Essentials
Architecture codename	Agena	Prescott
Launch date	August 2008	June 2004
Place in performance rating	2274	2286
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	285 mm	109 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Transistor count	450 million	125 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2+	775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	115 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2, DDR3