Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codenameGallatin (2003−2004)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date2 February 2004 (20 years ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache8 KB768 KB
L2 cache512 KB12 MB
L3 cache2 MB64 MB
Chip lithography130 nm5 nm
Die size269 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors178 million9900 Million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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
Socket478FL1
Power consumption (TDP)103 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. 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, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboardDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 February 2004 17 January 2024
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 103 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 9 7840HX has an age advantage of 19 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 2500% more advanced lithography process, and 87.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.40 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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