Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2614not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency7.48no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Gallatin (2003−2004)
Release date1 November 2013 (11 years ago)31 October 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$94$999

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.41 GHz3.466 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz0.47 GHz
L1 cache224 KB8 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache2 MB
Chip lithography22 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data269 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data66 °C
Number of transistorsno data178 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 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
SocketFCBGA1170775
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI-no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2013 31 October 2004
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 110 Watt

Pentium J2900 has an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 490.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium J2900 and Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium J2900 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition 3.46 is a desktop one.


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