Ryzen 3 3200U 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
Ryzen 3 3200U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.38
+2875%

Ryzen 3 3200U outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 2875% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33961792
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesPentium 4AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency0.1315.01
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Picasso-U (Zen) (2019)
Release dateno data6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U 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)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate400 MHzno data
Multiplierno data26
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 (Uniprocessor)
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 Ryzen 3 3200U. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 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 3 ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U.

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
Ryzen 3 3200U 2.38
+2875%

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
Ryzen 3 3200U 3782
+2787%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 1308
Ryzen 3 3200U 4258
+226%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 633
Ryzen 3 3200U 3755
+493%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 133
Ryzen 3 3200U 14.03
+848%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 0.1
Ryzen 3 3200U 2.2
+3567%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 2
Ryzen 3 3200U 20
+937%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 10
Ryzen 3 3200U 98
+883%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.08 2.38
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 3200U has a 2875% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 293.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 3200U 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 Ryzen 3 3200U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 3 3200U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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