AMD Athlon X4 750K vs Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 750K and Intel Pentium 4 2.60 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 750K

Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 750K

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 54% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1465 vs 637
9.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2861 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1465 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark	2861 vs 288

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 62.6 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62.6 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 750K
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 2.60

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1465

637

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2861

288

Name	AMD Athlon X4 750K	Intel Pentium 4 2.60
PassMark - Single thread mark	1465	637
PassMark - CPU mark	2861	288
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	492
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	12.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.192

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 750K	Intel Pentium 4 2.60
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD750KWOHJBOX
OPN Tray	AD750KWOA44HJ
Place in performance rating	2810	2807
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Northwood
Launch date		August 2002
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.60 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Die size		131 mm2
L1 cache		8 KB
Maximum core temperature		70°C
Transistor count		55 million
VID voltage range		1.345V-1.525V
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	62.6 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		35mm x 35mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
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)