Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Pentium M 730

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3276not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency0.60no data
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date19 January 2005 (19 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache32 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB36 MB
Chip lithography90 nm3 nm
Die size87 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors144 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.26V-1.356Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 configuration1no data
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479no data
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXDNA 2 NPU
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 730 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 January 2005 4 June 2024
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Chip lithography 90 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium M 730 has 103.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

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