Ryzen 3 8440U vs Pentium 4 2.0

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated927
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data27.23
Architecture codenameWillamette (2000−2001)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date27 August 2001 (23 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cache8 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm4 nm
Die size217 mm2137 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors125 million20,900 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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
Socket423FP7
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2001 6 December 2023
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 180 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 3 8440U has an age advantage of 22 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 4400% more advanced lithography process, and 292.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 2.0 and Ryzen 3 8440U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 2.0 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 8440U is a notebook one.


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