Atom D410 vs Pentium M 780

Place in the ranking	3169	3353
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	no data
Power efficiency	0.84	1.04
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date	25 July 2005 (19 years ago)	4 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$636

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Atom D410 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	2
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.03 GHz	1.67 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	87 mm²	66 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	123 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.404V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Atom D410 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	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Atom D410. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	-	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Atom D410 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 780 and Atom D410 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Atom D410. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR2
Maximum memory size	no data	4 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Intel GMA 3150

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	0.11
Recency	25 July 2005	4 January 2010
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	10 Watt

Pentium M 780 has a 118.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom D410, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 170% lower power consumption.

The Pentium M 780 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D410 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 780 and Atom D410, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.