Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 530

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1156 Intel Socket 775
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 90 nm
Transistors 382 million 125 million
Die size 81 mm² 109 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA4

Performance

Frequency 3.066 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 133 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 23.0x 15.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.425 V
TDP 73 W 84 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jan 7th, 2010 Jun 21st, 2004
Codename Clarkdale Prescott
Generation Core i3 Pentium 4 HT
Part SLBX7SLBLR SL79L
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 1
Total Threads 4 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 16K
Cache L2 256K (per core) 1MB
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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