Intel Pentium 4 1.6 vs Intel Pentium III 1000

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 4 1.6 and Intel Pentium III 1000 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Intel Pentium III 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Around 60% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm

Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz vs 1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium III 1000

Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 66°C
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 38 Watt

Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 66°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 38 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 4 1.6
CPU 2: Intel Pentium III 1000

Name	Intel Pentium 4 1.6	Intel Pentium III 1000
PassMark - Single thread mark		0
PassMark - CPU mark		245

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium 4 1.6	Intel Pentium III 1000
Essentials
Architecture codename	Northwood	Coppermine
Launch date	July 2001	Q1'00
Place in performance rating	not rated	3352
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	1.00 GHz
Bus Speed	400 MHz FSB	133 MHz FSB
Die size	131 mm2	80 mm
L1 cache	8 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	75 °C	69 °C
Maximum core temperature	66°C	75°C
Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz	1 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	55 million	44 million
VID voltage range	1.475V	1.75V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	PPGA478	PPGA370, SECC2, SECC2495
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	29 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)