Pentium Dual T4500 vs i7-720QM

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-720QM
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.04
+23.8%
Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84

Core i7-720QM outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24422584
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency2.192.27
Architecture codenameClarksfield (2009−2010)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date23 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$546no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate2.5 GT/s800 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size296 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors774 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988P
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardNoneno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Dual Core T4500.

PCIe version2no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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.

i7-720QM 1.04
+23.8%
Pentium Dual T4500 0.84

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-720QM 1659
+24.2%
Pentium Dual T4500 1336

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.

i7-720QM 2995
+28.5%
Pentium Dual T4500 2331

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-720QM 8357
+92.7%
Pentium Dual T4500 4337

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.

i7-720QM 3100
+63.3%
Pentium Dual T4500 1898

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.

i7-720QM 16.64
+115%
Pentium Dual T4500 35.7

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-720QM 3
+134%
Pentium Dual T4500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 0.84
Recency 23 September 2009 1 January 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

i7-720QM has a 23.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium Dual T4500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-720QM is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.


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