C-50 vs Pentium M 755

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 755 and C-50 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	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD C-Series
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	10 May 2004 (20 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 755 and C-50 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	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Die size	87 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.988-1.34V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 755 and C-50 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	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 755 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
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 755 and C-50 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 755 and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 755 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon HD 6250

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 May 2004	4 January 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	9 Watt

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