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.

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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:
5175th fastest in multithreading out of 5477 CPUs
4695th fastest in single threading out of 5477 CPUs
1415th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

309

Single Thread Rating

528

^%
Samples: 2222*
*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	1,346 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	696 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	1 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,064 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	93.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,437 KBytes/Sec
Physics	47 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	111 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	528 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 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 9th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,547
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,358
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,540
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		309

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.85
Intel Core i9-14900K		136.48
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.13
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.17
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
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

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		528

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2608450 - May 07 2025		280
BL2572919 - Apr 22 2025		278
BL5086932 - Feb 15 2025		432
BL2312347 - Dec 31 2024		265
BL2245320 - Nov 14 2024		285

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
As of 9th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		309
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		377 (+22.1%)
Intel Pentium D 805 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		374 (+21.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		342 (+10.7%)
Intel Core Duo T2050 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		333 (+7.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		332 (+7.5%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		328 (+6.2%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		315 (+2.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		305 (-1.2%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		300 (-2.9%)
AMD Sempron 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		299 (-3.2%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		292 (-5.3%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		264 (-14.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,797
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,452
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,350
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,478
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,395
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz		125

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