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i3-8120 vs Pentium 4 1.9

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Architecture codenameWillamette (2000−2001)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release dateAugust 2001 (23 years ago)1 September 2018 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache8 KB256 KB
L2 cache256 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size217 mm2126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)73 °C72 °C
Number of transistors42 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket4231151
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 1.9 and Core i3-8120.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 51 Watt

i3-8120 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 35.3% lower power consumption.

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