Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs Turion X2 RM-74
Aggregate performance score
Turion X2 RM-74 outperforms Pentium 4 P4 3.0 by a whopping 121% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3250 | 3521 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion | Pentium 4 |
| Power efficiency | 0.51 | 0.09 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Lion (2008−2009) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (17 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Turion X2 RM-74 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion X2 RM-74 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | S1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 89 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
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.
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 | 0.42 | 0.19 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 89 Watt |
Turion X2 RM-74 has a 121.1% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 154.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Turion X2 RM-74 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion X2 RM-74 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is a desktop one.
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