Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: PGA478

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 81.9 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 16384 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4772nd fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
4344th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
1360th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

311

Single Thread Rating

524

^%
Samples: 2220*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 339
Thread: 668

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz

Integer Math	1,393 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	690 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	1 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,065 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	92.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,408 KBytes/Sec
Physics	47 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	113 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	524 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,729
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,316
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,048
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,134
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,185
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,712
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,645
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		311

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		143.25
Intel Core i9-12900K		134.28
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		524

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5086932 - Feb 15 2025		432
BL2312347 - Dec 31 2024		265
BL2245320 - Nov 14 2024		285
BL2245271 - Nov 14 2024		110
BL2223355 - Oct 19 2024 [Excluded]		208

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		311
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		377 (+21.3%)
Intel Pentium D 805 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		374 (+20.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		334 (+7.4%)
Intel Core Duo T2050 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		333 (+7.1%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		328 (+5.5%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		315 (+1.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		305 (-1.9%)
AMD Sempron 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		299 (-3.9%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		298 (-4.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		292 (-5.8%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		292 (-5.9%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		249 (-19.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,328
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,817
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,705
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,519
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,421
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,341
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		124

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