Celeron 3205U vs Pentium M 740

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2790
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	no data	3.77
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Broadwell-U (2015)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U 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	2
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	5 GT/s
L1 cache	32 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Die size	87 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	1300 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U 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	FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)	Intel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	800 MHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2/12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 740 and Celeron 3205U.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 January 2005	1 March 2015
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

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