Pentium 4 2.80 vs Athlon 64 FX-57

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 FX-57 and Pentium 4 2.80 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 dateJune 2005 (19 years ago)August 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 FX-57 and Pentium 4 2.80 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 speed2.8 GHz2.79 GHz
L1 cache128 KB8 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm130 nm
Die size115 mm2146 mm2
Number of transistors114 million55 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-57 and Pentium 4 2.80 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)104 Watt110 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-57 and Pentium 4 2.80. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

Athlon 64 FX-57 517
+118%
Pentium 4 2.80 237

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 104 Watt 110 Watt

Athlon 64 FX-57 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 5.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 FX-57 and Pentium 4 2.80. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Athlon 64 FX-57
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Intel Pentium 4 2.80
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