A4-1200 vs Pentium M 780

Place in the ranking	3184	3187
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	0.84	5.44
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Temash (2013)
Release date	25 July 2005 (19 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and A4-1200 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	2.26 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.03 GHz	1 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Die size	87 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.404V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and A4-1200 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	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and A4-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 780 and A4-1200 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 780 and A4-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and A4-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 (225 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium M 780 0.24
+4.3%

A4-1200 0.23

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium M 780 933
+27.3%

A4-1200 733

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 780 80
+39.9%

A4-1200 111.9

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	0.23
Recency	25 July 2005	23 May 2013
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	4 Watt

Pentium M 780 has a 4.3% higher aggregate performance score.

A4-1200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 575% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium M 780 and A4-1200.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 780 and A4-1200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.