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Technical Specifications of Intel Processors

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Model
Intel 4004
Intel 8008
Intel 8080
Intel 8086
Intel 8088
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Intel 80286
Intel 80386 DX
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Intel 80386SX
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Intel 80486 DX
Intel 80486SX
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Intel Pentium
 
Intel PentiumPro
 
Intel PentiumII
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Intel PentiumIII
Intel Pentium 4

 

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Date
11-15-1971
04-01-1972
04-01-1974
08-06-1978
06-01-1979
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02-01-1982
10-17-1985
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06-16-1988
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04-10-1989
04-22-1991
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03-22-1993
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03-27-1995
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05-07-1997
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1999
2000
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Velocity
108KHz
108KHz
2MHz
5~10MHz
5~8MHz
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8~12MHz
16~33MHz
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16~20MHz
 
25~50MHz
16~33MHz
 
60~200MHz
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150~200MHz
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233~400MHz
 
450MHz~1GHz
1.2~2GHz

 

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Bus Width
4 bit
8 bit
8 bit
16 bit
8 bit
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16 bit
32 bit
 
16 bit
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32 bit
32 bit
 
32 bit
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64 bit
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64 bit
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64 bit
64 bit
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max memory
640 byte
16KB
64KB
1MB
1MB
 
16MB
4GB
 
4GB
 
4GB
​ 4GB
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4GB
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4GB
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4GB
 
4GB
4GB
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Description
- First chip with Arithmetic Manipulation
- Data and text manipulation
- 10 times the benefits of the 8008
- 10 times the performance of the 8080
- Identical to 8086 but with 8-bit external bus
- 3 to 6 times the performance of 8086
- First x86 chip capable of handling 32-bit data sets
- Bus capable of addressing 16 bits processing 32 bits at low cost
- Level 1 cache on the chip
- Identical in design to the Intel 486 DX but without math coprocessor
- Scalable architecture. Up to 5 times the performance of the 486 DX at 33 MHz
-Dynamic execution architecture with high performance processor
- SEC, MMX, Double independent bus, dynamic execution

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Transistors - Microns
2,300 - 10 microns
3,500 - 10 microns
6,000 - 10 microns
29,000 - 3 microns
29,000 - 3 microns
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134,000 - 1.5 microns
275,000 - 1 micron
 
275,000 - 1 micron
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1,185,000 - 0.8 microns
1,185,000 - 0.8 microns
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3,100,000 - 0.8 microns
 
5,500,000 - 0.32 microns
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7,500,000 - 0.32 microns
9,500,000
42,000,000
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