Opteron 244 vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Opteron 244 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 processorServer
SeriesPentium 4no data
Power efficiency0.13no data
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)April 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Opteron 244 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 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data193 mm2
Number of transistorsno data106 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Opteron 244 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 data2
Socketno data940
Power consumption (TDP)59.8 Watt85 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 85 Watt

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz has 44.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Opteron 244. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop processor while Opteron 244 is a server/workstation one.


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Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
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