Pentium 4 HT 531 vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Pentium 4 HT 531 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3396not 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)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release dateno dataJune 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Pentium 4 HT 531 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)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Pentium 4 HT 531 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 data775
Power consumption (TDP)59.8 Watt84 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Pentium 4 HT 531. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 84 Watt

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz has 42.4% lower power consumption.

Pentium 4 HT 531, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

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