Intel Pentium 4 540 vs AMD A9 7th Gen A9-9420 |
Released February, 2004
Intel Pentium 4 540
- 3.2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium 4 540
 | Higher clock speed 3.2 GHz | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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AMD A9 7th Gen A9-9420
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD A9 7th Gen A9-9420
| | Much newer manufacturing process 28 nm | | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
| | Has virtualization support Yes | | Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 90 °C |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 3.2 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 28 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 90 °C | vs | 67.7 °C | Around 35% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
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Features Key features of the Pentium 4 540 vs A9 7th Gen A9-9420
clock speed
L2 cache
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 4 540 | vs | A9 7th Gen A9-9420 |
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| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| AES | |||
details | Pentium 4 540 | vs | A9 7th Gen A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|---|
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 28 nm | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 67.7°C | Unknown - 90°C | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon™ R5 | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 12.0 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 847 MHz | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 68.25W | N/A | |
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