Pentium G5600 vs Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Gallatin (2003−2004)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	October 2004 (20 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	no data
Boost clock speed	3.46 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	8 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	6144 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	130 nm	14 nm
Die size	237 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	178 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	775	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 HT EE 3.46 and Pentium G5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR4

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	51 Watt

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