Pentium 4 2.4 vs Athlon 64 3500+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 3500+ and Pentium 4 2.4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameSan Diego (2001−2005)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years ago)April 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 3500+ and Pentium 4 2.4 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB8 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm130 nm
Die size230 mm2146 mm2
Number of transistors227 million55 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 3500+ and Pentium 4 2.4 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 configuration11
Socket939478
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt110 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3500+ and Pentium 4 2.4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 110 Watt

Athlon 64 3500+ has 23.6% lower power consumption.

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