Pentium 4 2.4 GHz vs Core 2 Duo T9500
Aggregate performance score
Core 2 Duo T9500 outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 1357% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2672 | 3677 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | Pentium 4 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 10 January 2008 (17 years ago) | no data |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $530 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 6 MB L2 Cache | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1V-1.25V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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.
| Socket | BGA479,PBGA479,PGA478,PPGA478 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 512 KB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz are enumerated here.
| VT-x | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.02 | 0.07 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 512 Watt |
Core 2 Duo T9500 has a 1357.1% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1362.9% lower power consumption.
The Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz in performance tests.
Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9500 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop one.
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