Core 2 Duo T5300 vs Pentium M 780

Place in the ranking	3183	3085
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	0.84	0.92
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	25 July 2005 (19 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300 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	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.03 GHz	1.73 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	87 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.404V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300 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	no data
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	34 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300 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 Core 2 Duo T5300 are enumerated here.

VT-x

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	0.33
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	34 Watt

Pentium M 780 has 25.9% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Duo T5300, on the other hand, has a 37.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Core 2 Duo T5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 780 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 780 and Core 2 Duo T5300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.