Pentium 4 HT 2.80 vs Pentium 4 P4 3.0

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Pentium 4 HT 2.80 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4no data
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)May 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Pentium 4 HT 2.80 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
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data8 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistorsno data55 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Pentium 4 HT 2.80 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 data478
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt70 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 P4 3.0 and Pentium 4 HT 2.80. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 70 Watt

Pentium 4 HT 2.80 has 100% more threads, and 27.1% lower power consumption.

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