Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs AMD Athlon II X4 630

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General info

Comparing Athlon II X4 630 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2091not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.02no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataPentium 4
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Northwood (2001−2004)
Release dateSeptember 2009 (14 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$63no data
Current price$21 (0.3x MSRP)$39
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon II X4 630 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
Bus supportno data400 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Die size169 mm2no data
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 630 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM3no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt89 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 630 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 89 Watt

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