Pentium M 730 vs A4-3300M

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Aggregate performance score

A4-3300M
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.75
+341%
Pentium M 730
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 27 Watt
0.17

A4-3300M outperforms Pentium M 730 by a whopping 341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-3300M and Pentium M 730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26703276
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesPentium M
Power efficiency2.030.60
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-3300M and Pentium M 730 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)32 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size228 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on A4-3300M and Pentium M 730 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 configuration11
SocketFS1PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3300M and Pentium M 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480Gno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

A4-3300M and Pentium M 730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3300M and Pentium M 730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3300M and Pentium M 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

A4-3300M 0.75
+341%
Pentium M 730 0.17

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.

A4-3300M 1556
+135%
Pentium M 730 663

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.

A4-3300M 40.2
+169%
Pentium M 730 108

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.75 0.17
Recency 14 June 2011 19 January 2005
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt

A4-3300M has a 341.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 730, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

The A4-3300M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 730 in performance tests.


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