AMD Opteron 844 vs Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.40

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 844 and Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.40 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Advanced Technologies.

AMD Opteron 844

Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.40

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 844

16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 512 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.40

Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 844	Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.40
Essentials
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer	Northwood
Launch date	June 2003	June 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	193 mm	131 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	106 million	55 million
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		71 °C
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	940	478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	60 Watt
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology