Ryzen 7 2700 vs Pentium 4 P4 3.0

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated773
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.05
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data14.39
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate400 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 811
Ryzen 7 2700 9475
+1068%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 97
Ryzen 7 2700 5.14
+1787%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 7 2700 has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 36.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Ryzen 7 2700. We've got no test results to judge.


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