Pentium 4 660 vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1389 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Pentium 4 |
| Power efficiency | 25.99 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Prescott 2M |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 71 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.2V-1.4V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660 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 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | FP5 | PLGA775,PPGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 115 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 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 | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660 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 Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 115 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2500U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 666.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 660 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 660, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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