Athlon Silver 3050U vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
1 core / 1 thread, 59 Watt
0.08
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
+2250%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 2250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33961986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesPentium 4AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency0.1311.86
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release dateno data6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U 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.

Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)59.8 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 0.08
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88
+2250%

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.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 131
Athlon Silver 3050U 2985
+2179%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.08 1.88
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has a 2250% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 293.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 2.4 GHz in performance tests.

Note that Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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