Intel Pentium M 740 vs AMD A6-4400M

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General info

Comparing A6-4400M and Pentium M 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2600not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesPentium M
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date15 May 2012 (11 years old)January 2005 (19 years old)
Current price$95 $62

Technical specs

A6-4400M and Pentium M 740 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 speed2.7 GHz1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.73 GHz
Bus supportno data533 MHz
L1 cache96 KB32 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size246 mm284 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on A6-4400M and Pentium M 740 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
SocketFS1r2PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4400M and Pentium M 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no 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-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A6-4400M and Pentium M 740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4400M and Pentium M 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-4400M and Pentium M 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownno data
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7520Gno data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A6-4400M 2292
+59.7%
Pentium M 740 1435

A6-4400M outperforms Pentium M 740 by 60% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6-4400M 1804
+145%
Pentium M 740 737

A6-4400M outperforms Pentium M 740 by 145% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt

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