Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Pentium M 730

Place in the ranking	3259	2993
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium M	no data
Power efficiency	0.60	0.43
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	87 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	154 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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, H-PBGA479	939
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.17	0.40
Recency	19 January 2005	31 May 2005
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	89 Watt

Pentium M 730 has 229.6% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 X2 3600+, on the other hand, has a 135.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 730 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium M 730 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 730 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.