Pentium M 738: specs and benchmarks

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Pentium M 738
1 core / 1 thread, 10 Watt
0.13

Pentium M 738 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.13% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

This is a Dothan architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 90 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 10 Watt.

Primary details

Pentium M 738 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking3326
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesPentium M
Power efficiency1.23of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores1 (Single-Core)
Threads1
Boost clock speed1.4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate400 MHz
Chip lithography90 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support-
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 738 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.

Power consumption (TDP)10 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium M 738. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Pentium M 738 0.13


Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Pentium M 738's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium M 738 is E-240, which is slower by 8% and lower by 14 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium M 738:

V-Series V105 107.69
Pentium M 738 100
E-240 92.31
C-30 84.62

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Recommended GPUs

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