Athlon II X4 605e vs Pentium G860

Place in the ranking	2522	2298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.12	0.11
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	1.32	2.65
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	4 September 2011 (13 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	$102

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium G860 has 1827% better value for money than Athlon II X4 605e.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	131 mm²	169 mm²
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
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

Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e 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 Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e 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 Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e.

PCIe version

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Pentium G860 0.91

Athlon II X4 605e 1.25
+37.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium G860 1448

Athlon II X4 605e 1986
+37.2%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium G860 429
+46.9%

Athlon II X4 605e 292

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium G860 716

Athlon II X4 605e 992
+38.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.91	1.25
Recency	4 September 2011	20 October 2009
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Pentium G860 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon II X4 605e, on the other hand, has a 37.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 605e is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G860 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G860 and Athlon II X4 605e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.