Intel Core i3-530 vs Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-530 and Intel Pentium 4 2.60 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-530

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1168 vs 637
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1500 vs 288
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2010 vs August 2002
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1168 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark 1500 vs 288

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 2.60

  • Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 62.6 Watt vs 73 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62.6 Watt vs 73 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-530
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 2.60

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1168
637
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1500
288
Name Intel Core i3-530 Intel Pentium 4 2.60
PassMark - Single thread mark 1168 637
PassMark - CPU mark 1500 288
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 436
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 976
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 41.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.893

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i3-530 Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Essentials

Architecture codename Clarkdale Northwood
Launch date January 2010 August 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $60
Place in performance rating 2801 2807
Price now $20
Processor Number i3-530
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 37.80
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.93 GHz 2.60 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI 400 MHz FSB
Die size 81 mm2 131 mm2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 382 million 55 million
VID voltage range 0.6500V-1.4000V 1.345V-1.525V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16.38 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR1, DDR2

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 733 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1156 PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 Watt 62.6 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)