Pentium 4 2.4 GHz vs Phenom II X4 N970
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X4 N970 outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 1243% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2759 | 3704 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | Pentium 4 |
| Power efficiency | 1.13 | 0.05 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (15 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 N970 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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.
| Socket | S1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 59.8 Watt |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.94 | 0.07 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 59 Watt |
Phenom II X4 N970 has a 1242.9% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 68.6% lower power consumption.
The AMD Phenom II X4 N970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz in performance tests.
Be aware that Phenom II X4 N970 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop one.
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