Athlon 64 FX-60 vs Pentium 4 P4 3.0

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 4 P4 3.0
1 core / 1 thread, 89 Watt
0.21
Athlon 64 FX-60
2006
2 cores / 2 threads, 110 Watt
0.45
+114%

Athlon 64 FX-60 outperforms Pentium 4 P4 3.0 by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon 64 FX-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32252952
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Power efficiency0.220.39
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Toledo (2006)
Release dateno dataJanuary 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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)
Threads12
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data199 mm2
Number of transistorsno data233 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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 data939
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt110 Watt

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.21 0.45
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 110 Watt

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 has 23.6% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 FX-60, on the other hand, has a 114.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon 64 FX-60 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 P4 3.0 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Athlon 64 FX-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0
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