Pentium M 740: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium M 740 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.19% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium M 740 sales 19 January 2005. This is a Dothan architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1730 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PPGA478, H-PBGA479 processor with a TDP of 27 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.
Primary details
Pentium M 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 3248 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Pentium M | |
| Power efficiency | 0.67 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | |
| Release date | 19 January 2005 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.73 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 144 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| VID voltage range | 1.26V-1.356V |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 740 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | PPGA478, H-PBGA479 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | - | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| PAE | 32 Bit | |
| FSB parity | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium M 740's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium M 740.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium M 740. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium M 740 is Athlon II Neo K145, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium M 740, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium M 740 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 60 configurations using Pentium M 740 in our database.
