Ryzen 3 5125C vs Pentium M 730

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3259	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	0.60	no data
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	5 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	7 nm
Die size	87 mm2	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	10,700 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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	1	1
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	-	+
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
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR4-3200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen 3 5125C.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 January 2005	5 May 2022
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

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