AMD Opteron 148 HE vs Intel Pentium 4 505J

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 148 HE and Intel Pentium 4 505J processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory.

AMD Opteron 148 HE

Intel Pentium 4 505J

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 148 HE

8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 84 Watt

L1 cache	128 KB vs 16 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 505J

Around 21% higher clock speed: 2.66 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.66 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 148 HE	Intel Pentium 4 505J
Essentials
Architecture codename	Venus	Prescott
Launch date	December 2004	December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	128 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.66 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	106 million	125 million
Die size		109 mm
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	940	775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	84 Watt
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2, DDR3