Pentium M 745 vs Ryzen 5 3450U

Place in the ranking	1382	3259
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	Pentium M
Power efficiency	26.73	0.81
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	1 May 2020 (4 years ago)	10 May 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	8	1
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	400 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	87 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	144 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.276V-1.34V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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	no data	1
Socket	FP5	H-PBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
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	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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 Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.24	0.18
Recency	1 May 2020	10 May 2004
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	8	1
Chip lithography	12 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	7 Watt

Ryzen 5 3450U has a 2255.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 745, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 745 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.