i7-740QM vs Pentium Dual T4300

Place in the ranking	2618	2362
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Dual Core	Intel Core i7
Power efficiency	2.11	2.43
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Clarksfield (2009−2010)
Release date	1 April 2009 (15 years ago)	22 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$546

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.93 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	800 MHz	2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	13
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm²	296 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	774 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	P	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

None

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM.

PCIe version	no data	2
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Dual T4300 0.81

i7-740QM 1.20
+48.1%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Dual T4300 1232

i7-740QM 1829
+48.5%

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.

Pentium Dual T4300 2242

i7-740QM 3082
+37.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Dual T4300 4057

i7-740QM 8930
+120%

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.

Pentium Dual T4300 1825

i7-740QM 3318
+81.8%

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.

Pentium Dual T4300 39

i7-740QM 15.8
+147%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.81	1.20
Recency	1 April 2009	22 June 2010
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Pentium Dual T4300 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

i7-740QM, on the other hand, has a 48.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Core i7-740QM is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i7-740QM, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.