Pentium M 740 vs Pentium M 765

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740 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	Pentium M
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	20 October 2004 (20 years ago)	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740 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	2.1 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.73 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	87 mm2	87 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	144 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.988-1.356V	1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740 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	PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740. 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	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 765 and Pentium M 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 October 2004	19 January 2005
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	27 Watt

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