Ryzen 3 3100 vs Pentium 4 506

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated974
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data33.70
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataMatisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop)
Power efficiencyno data10.93
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release dateJune 2005 (19 years ago)24 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speed2.66 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache16 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm7 nm
Die size109 mm274 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors125 million3,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range1.25V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100 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 configuration11
SocketPLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100. 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-+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 506 and Ryzen 3 3100.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 3 3100 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 29.2% lower power consumption.

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