Athlon 1100 vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon 1100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3381not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Power efficiency0.13no data
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Thunderbird B (2000−2001)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)14 August 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$853

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon 1100 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 speed2.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data120 mm2
Number of transistorsno data37 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon 1100 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataA
Power consumption (TDP)59.8 Watt60 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon 1100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 130 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 60 Watt

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1.7% lower power consumption.

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