Mobile Sempron 3100+ vs Pentium M 740

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MMobile Sempron
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Georgetown
Release date19 January 2005 (19 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Base clock speed1.73 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache32 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography90 nmno data
Die size87 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors144 millionno data
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.26V-1.356Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+ 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 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+ 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 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+ are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Mobile Sempron 3100+. 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


Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 62 Watt

Pentium M 740 has 129.6% lower power consumption.

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