Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1307not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Pentium 4
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Northwood (2001−2004)
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)no data
Current price$674 $39

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Bus supportno data400 MHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm130 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+no data
AVX+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2500U 4828
+495%
Pentium 4 P4 3.0 811

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium 4 P4 3.0 by 495% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 2500U 10.23
+848%
Pentium 4 P4 3.0 97

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U by 848% in wPrime 32.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 89 Watt

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is a desktop one.


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