Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Pentium 4 630

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Architecture codenamePrescott 2MManchester (2005−2006)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 configurationno data1
SocketPLGA775939
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. 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
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Pentium 4 630 272
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633
+133%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 89 Watt

Pentium 4 630 has 6% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 X2 3600+, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 630 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.


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