Ryzen 5 3400G vs Pentium M 730

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1108
Place by popularity	not in top-100	91
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium M	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	8.49
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	12 June 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G 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	1.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	37
L1 cache	32 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	12 nm
Die size	87 mm2	210 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G 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	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Ryzen 5 3400G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 5 3400G.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 January 2005	12 June 2019
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	1	8
Chip lithography	90 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

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