Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

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General info

Comparing Athlon X4 950 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1671not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.66no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataPentium 4
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Northwood (2001−2004)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data
Current price$51 (0.9x MSRP)$39
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon X4 950 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
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 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 lithography28 nm130 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 950 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
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 950 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 950 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 950 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelno data

Advantages and disadvantages


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 89 Watt

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