Intel Pentium M 1.50: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Intel Pentium M 1.50 sales on March 2003. This is Banias architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 478 processor with a TDP of 24 Watt and a maximum temperature of °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2 memory.

General info

Of Pentium M 1.50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	not rated
Market segment	Laptop
Architecture codename	Banias
Release date	March 2003 (18 years ago)
Price now	$122	of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF)
L1 cache	16 KB	of 896 (Atom C3950)
L2 cache	1 MB	of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
Chip lithography	130 nm	of 5 (Apple M1)
Die size	100 mm2
Number of transistors	77 million	of 16000 (Apple M1)
64 bit support	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 1.50 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	478
Thermal design power (TDP)	24 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium M 1.50's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2

of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium M 1.50. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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