Pentium 4 660: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 4 660 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.21% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
This is a Prescott 2M architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PLGA775,PPGA775 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt.
Primary details
Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 3210 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | Pentium 4 | |
| Power efficiency | 0.17 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Prescott 2M | |
| Release date | no data |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | |
| L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.4V |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4 660 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | PLGA775,PPGA775 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| FSB parity | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium 4 660. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium 4 660 is Athlon 64 3000+, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium 4 660, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium 4 660 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 5 configurations using Pentium 4 660 in our database.
