Celeron M 530 vs Pentium M 740

Place in the ranking	3248	3249
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Celeron M
Power efficiency	0.67	0.60
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	1
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.73 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	87 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530 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	no data
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	PBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530. 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	no data
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530 are enumerated here.

VT-x

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron M 530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Pentium M 740 0.19

Celeron M 530 0.19

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 740 1435

Celeron M 530 1615
+12.5%

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 740 737

Celeron M 530 739
+0.3%