Atom Z3740 vs Celeron M 743

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron Mno data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Bay Trail-T (2013−2014)
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)27 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$32

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.3 GHz1.86 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA965UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 743 and Atom Z3740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.1 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M 743 1324
+37.5%
Atom Z3740 963

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron M 743 582
Atom Z3740 1838
+216%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron M 743 121.8
Atom Z3740 29
+320%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 27 September 2013
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 2 Watt

Atom Z3740 has an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

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