A4-3420 vs Pentium M 780

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 780 and A4-3420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2733
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Pentium M	no data
Power efficiency	no data	0.97
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	25 July 2005 (19 years ago)	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and A4-3420 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	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.03 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Die size	87 mm2	228 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
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 A4-3420 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	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and A4-3420. 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 780 and A4-3420 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 A4-3420 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 A4-3420. 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)

Radeon HD 6410D

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 July 2005	20 December 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	65 Watt

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