Pentium III 1400 vs Pentium M 740

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 740 and Pentium III 1400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium M	no data
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Tualatin (2000−2002)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	December 2001 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Pentium III 1400 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	no data
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	130 nm
Die size	87 mm2	80 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	44 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Pentium III 1400 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	370
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Pentium III 1400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 740 and Pentium III 1400 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 III 1400 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 III 1400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	90 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	31 Watt

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