Athlon XP 2400+ vs Pentium 4 P4 3.0

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon XP 2400+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Thorton (2001−2003)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)August 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$90

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data80 mm2
Number of transistorsno data63 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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
Socketno dataA
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt68 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 68 Watt

Athlon XP 2400+ has 30.9% lower power consumption.

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Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0
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