Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.40 vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.40 and Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.40

Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.40

Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 66.2 Watt vs 69.7 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66.2 Watt vs 69.7 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80

Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 74°C

Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 74°C

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.40	Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Northwood	Northwood
Launch date	May 2003	May 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	800 MHz FSB	800 MHz FSB
Die size	131 mm2	131 mm2
L1 cache	8 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	75 °C
Maximum core temperature	74°C	75°C
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	55 million	55 million
VID voltage range		1.250V-1.400V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	PPGA478	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66.2 Watt	69.7 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)