Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs Core 2 Quad Q9500

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2057not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.75no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataPentium 4
Architecture codenameno dataNorthwood (2001−2004)
Release dateno datano data
Current price$58 $39
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Core 2 Quad Q9500 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 speed2.83 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data3 GHz
Bus supportno data400 MHz
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9500 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.

SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. 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
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 Quad Q9500 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no 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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