AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Intel Pentium 4 HT 540 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 45% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 219 vs 151
• Around 83% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 398 vs 217

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

• Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 89 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	219 151
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	398 217

Compare specifications (specs)