Intel Pentium G860 vs Intel Pentium 4 2.53

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G860 and Intel Pentium 4 2.53 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G860

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.53 GHz
  • 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
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1391 vs 608
  • 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1460 vs 248
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 September 2011 vs May 2002
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.53 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB vs 8 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1391 vs 608
PassMark - CPU mark 1460 vs 248

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 2.53

  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 72°C vs 69.1°C
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 61.5 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum core temperature 72°C vs 69.1°C
L2 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 61.5 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G860
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 2.53

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1391
608
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1460
248
Name Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium 4 2.53
PassMark - Single thread mark 1391 608
PassMark - CPU mark 1460 248
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 524
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 21.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.336

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium 4 2.53

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Northwood
Launch date 15 September 2011 May 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $75
Place in performance rating 2751 2745
Price now $29.99
Processor Number G860
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 26.93
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.00 GHz 2.53 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 533 MHz FSB
Die size 131 mm 131 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L3 cache 3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 69.1°C 72°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.53 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 504 Million 55 million
VID voltage range 1.345V-1.430V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR1, DDR2

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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 FCLGA1155 PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 61.5 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Intel® Demand Based Switching

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)