Pentium Dual-Core E2140 vs Pentium M 740

Place in the ranking	3229	3060
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium M	no data
Power efficiency	0.70	0.50
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	June 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 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	1.73 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	87 mm²	77 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	105 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 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	775
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 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 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.20	0.34
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium M 740 has 140.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Dual-Core E2140, on the other hand, has a 70% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Dual-Core E2140 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 740 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium M 740 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2140 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 740 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.