Pentium M 730 vs i7-950

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1903not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore i7 (Desktop)Pentium M
Power efficiency1.47no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$290no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-950 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)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.06 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)32 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size263 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °C100 °C
Number of transistors731 million144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-950 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
SocketFCLGA1366PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switching--
PAE36 Bit32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730 are enumerated here.

VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2
Maximum memory size24 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

i7-950 5143
+676%
Pentium M 730 663

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.

i7-950 8.05
+1242%
Pentium M 730 108

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 19 January 2005
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 27 Watt

i7-950 has an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 730, on the other hand, has 381.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-950 is a desktop processor while Pentium M 730 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-950 and Pentium M 730, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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