Pentium 4 2.80: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium 4 2.80 sales on August 2002. Based on a Northwood architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2793 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 478 processor with a TDP of 110 Watt. It supports DDR1, DDR2 memory.
Primary details
Pentium 4 2.80 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | |
| Release date | August 2002 (22 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.79 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 8 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 146 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 55 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4 2.80 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 478 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.80's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium 4 2.80. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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Recommended GPUs
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