Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz 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.
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Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: PGA478

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 82 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 16384 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
5359th fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
4748th fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
1456th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

332

Single Thread Rating

547

^%
Samples: 921*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 346
Thread: 708

^%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 3.20GHz

Integer Math	1,612 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	775 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,094 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	95.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,914 KBytes/Sec
Physics	47 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	117 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	547 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of March 2026.
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,419
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,257
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,937
Apple M4 10 Core		23,682
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,590
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		332

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.64
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		134.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		547

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3217996 - Jan 16 2026		428
BL2517003 - Mar 29 2025		267
BL2073467 - Apr 09 2024 [Excluded]		256
BL1970756 - Dec 15 2023		304
BL1788388 - Apr 07 2023		272

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		332
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		315 (-5.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		394 (+18.8%)
Intel Pentium D 805 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		374 (+12.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		367 (+10.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		342 (+3.0%)
Intel Core Duo T2050 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		333 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		332 (+0.0%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		315 (-5.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		305 (-8.1%)
Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		300 (-9.7%)
AMD Sempron 3000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		299 (-10.0%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		292 (-11.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,795
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz		126

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