Duo T2050 vs Pentium M 740

Place in the ranking	3249	3221
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Core Duo
Power efficiency	0.67	0.64
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050 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	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	0 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	87 mm²	90 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	144 million	151 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	0.7625-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050 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	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	-	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050 are enumerated here.

VT-x

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.19	0.21
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	31 Watt

Pentium M 740 has 14.8% lower power consumption.

Duo T2050, on the other hand, has a 10.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Duo T2050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 740 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 740 and Core Duo T2050, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.