AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 240 and Intel Pentium 4 1.80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X2 240

Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 180 nm
32x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1080 vs 429
6.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1042 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2009 vs August 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 8 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1080 vs 429
PassMark - CPU mark	1042 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 240
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.80

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1080

429

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1042

160

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 240	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
PassMark - Single thread mark	1080	429
PassMark - CPU mark	1042	160
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.779

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 240	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Willamette
Launch date	July 2009	August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$35
Place in performance rating	3099	3106
Price now	$15.99
Value for money (0-100)	30.24
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	217 mm2
L1 cache	256 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	410 million	42 million
Base frequency		1.80 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Maximum core temperature		78°C
VID voltage range		1.575V-1.75V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	66.7 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)