Ryzen 3 8440U vs Pentium M 715

Place in the ranking	3286	929
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	no data
Power efficiency	0.72	27.24
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	23 June 2004 (20 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	1	8
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	4 nm
Die size	87 mm²	137 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	20,900 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.988V-1.34V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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
Socket	PPGA478	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.16	8.06
Recency	23 June 2004	6 December 2023
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	1	8
Chip lithography	90 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	28 Watt

Pentium M 715 has 300% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 8440U, on the other hand, has a 4937.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 19 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 8440U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 715 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 715 and Ryzen 3 8440U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.