Pentium M 730 vs Athlon II X4 631

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2244not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataPentium M
Power efficiency1.26no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date17 August 2011 (13 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)32 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size228 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM1PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 August 2011 19 January 2005
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 27 Watt

Athlon II X4 631 has an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 730, on the other hand, has 270.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium M 730. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X4 631 is a desktop processor while Pentium M 730 is a notebook one.


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