Pentium 4 560 vs Celeron G460

Place in the ranking	3120	3213
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	0.81	0.22
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	12 December 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	1.5 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	131 mm²	109 mm²
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	125 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	775
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560.

PCIe version

2.0

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Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.30	0.21
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

Celeron G460 has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 151.4% lower power consumption.

The Celeron G460 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 560 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G460 and Pentium 4 560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.