A Fabrairu 1, 2004, Intel ya gabatar da wani sabon core codenamed "Prescott". A core amfani da 90 nm tsari a karon farko, wanda daya manazarta aka bayyana a matsayin "a manyan reworking na Pentium 4 ta microarchitecture". Duk da wannan overhaul, da yi ribar kasance m. Wasu shirye-shirye amfana daga Prescott ta ninka cache da SSE3 umarnin, yayin da wasu aka cutar da ta tsawon bututun. Prescott ta microarchitecture yarda dan kadan mafi girma saurin agogo, amma ba kusan a matsayin babban matsayin Intel ya yi tsammani. A mafi sauri taro-samar Prescott-tushen Pentium 4s aka clocked a 3.8 GHz. yayin da Northwood agogo cimma 70% mafi girma fiye da Willamette, Prescott wucewa da Northwood.
1 ga Fabrairu, 2004