Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-920 and Intel Pentium 4 2.60 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

Intel Core i7-920

Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-920

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
32x 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
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1217 vs 637
9.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2839 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2008 vs August 2002
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1217 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark	2839 vs 288

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 2.60

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 67.9°C
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 62.6 Watt vs 130 Watt

Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 67.9°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62.6 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-920
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 2.60

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1217

637

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2839

288

Name	Intel Core i7-920	Intel Pentium 4 2.60
PassMark - Single thread mark	1217	637
PassMark - CPU mark	2839	288
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	469
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1855
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	2227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	50.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i7-920	Intel Pentium 4 2.60
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bloomfield	Northwood
Launch date	November 2008	August 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$340
Place in performance rating	2803	2807
Price now	$174
Processor Number	i7-920
Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	8.34
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.66 GHz	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI	400 MHz FSB
Die size	263 mm2	131 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)	1333 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	67.9°C	70°C
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	731 million	55 million
VID voltage range	0.800V-1.375V	1.345V-1.525V
Memory
Max memory channels	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	24 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	42.5mm x 45.0mm	35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1366	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	62.6 Watt
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)