Atom N455 vs Pentium M 735

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 735 and Atom N455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MIntel Atom
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date10 May 2004 (20 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 735 and Atom N455 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed1.7 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rate400 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache32 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die size87 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors144 million123 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.988V-1.34Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 735 and Atom N455 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
SocketPPGA478FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 735 and Atom N455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching--
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 735 and Atom N455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 735 and Atom N455 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 735 and Atom N455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel GMA 3150

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 M 735 1459
+159%
Atom N455 564

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 M 735 698
+42.3%
Atom N455 490

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2004 1 June 2010
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N455 has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

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