Pentium 4 2.40 vs Pentium G2140

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2532	3664
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.92	0.03
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	no data	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	1 April 2013 (12 years ago)	March 2004 (21 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	16 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	109 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	125 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	478
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2140 and Pentium 4 2.40.

PCIe version

2.0

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Synthetic benchmarks

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.19	0.07
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	110 Watt

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