Atom N450 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
+61.5%
Atom N450
2009
1 core / 2 threads, 5 Watt
0.13

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 outperforms Atom N450 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32253349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesPentium 4Intel Atom
Power efficiency0.222.05
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release dateno data21 December 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450 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
Base clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rate400 MHz533 MHz
L1 cacheno data56 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data123 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450 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 dataFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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 P4 3.0 0.21
+61.5%
Atom N450 0.13

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 P4 3.0 811
+64.2%
Atom N450 494

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 P4 3.0 97
+20.6%
Atom N450 117

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.21 0.13
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 5 Watt

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 has a 61.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N450, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1680% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N450 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is a desktop processor while Atom N450 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Atom N450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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