Athlon Gold 3150U vs Pentium 4 2.66

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 4 2.66
2002
1 core / 1 thread, 110 Watt
0.10
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+2410%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Pentium 4 2.66 by a whopping 2410% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33841755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency0.0915.84
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release dateAugust 2002 (22 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache8 KB192 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size146 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors55 million4500 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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
Socket478FP5
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium 4 2.66 0.10
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+2410%

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.

Pentium 4 2.66 157
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+2441%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.10 2.51
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 2410% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 633.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 2.66 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium 4 2.66 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 2.66 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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