Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 vs Pentium M 740

General info

Comparing Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	PowerPC G4
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	7447
Release date	January 2005 (19 years old)	no data
Current price	$62	no data

Technical specs

Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	1
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1 GHz
Bus support	533 MHz	133 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	180 nm
Die size	84 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	no data
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 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	no data
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0. 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
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 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 Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

ECC memory support

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Chip lithography

90 nm

180 nm

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