Pentium 4 2.40 vs Pentium G620

General info

Comparing Pentium G620 and Pentium 4 2.40 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2500	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.43	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	22 May 2011 (12 years ago)	March 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	no data
Current price	$73 (1.2x MSRP)	$39

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Pentium G620 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	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	131 mm2	109 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	125 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G620 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)	65 Watt	110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G620 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
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G620 and Pentium 4 2.40 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 G620 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 G620 and Pentium 4 2.40. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G620 and Pentium 4 2.40 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G620 and Pentium 4 2.40.

PCIe version

2.0

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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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Advantages and disadvantages

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	110 Watt

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