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.

 

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 2275 2287
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