i3-1215U vs Pentium M 745

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1012
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiencyno data43.16
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date10 May 2004 (20 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cache32 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB10 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size87 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors144 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.276V-1.34Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U 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
SocketH-PBGA479,PPGA478FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium M 745 103
i3-1215U 3.41
+2921%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2004 23 February 2022
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 8
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium M 745 has 114.3% lower power consumption.

i3-1215U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, and 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium M 745 and Core i3-1215U. We've got no test results to judge.


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